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What we won

Riedel, Bruce O.

What we won America's secret war in Afghanistan, 1979-89 / [electronic resource] : Bruce Riedel. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and acknowledgments -- Part 1. The players -- The Afghan communists -- The main enemy : the Soviets -- The Afghan Mujahedin -- The Pakistanis : Zia's war -- The Saudis : financiers and volunteers -- Part 2. The U.S. war -- Jimmy Carter's war -- Reagan and Casey -- Endgames without end -- Lessons of the secret war.

9780815725855 081572585X


United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History--20th century.


National security--History--United States--20th century.
Espionage, American--History--Afghanistan--20th century.


Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
United States--Military policy.
Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.


Electronic books.

E183.8.A3 / R54 2014

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