The Secret War in Afghanistan the Soviet Union, China and the role of Anglo-American Intelligence.
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and the subsequent war with the indigenous Afghan Mujahedeen, was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Cold War. Key details of the circumstances surrounding the invasion and its ultimate conclusion only months before the fall of the Berlin Wall in Novemb...
| Основен автор: | Dimitrakis, Panagiotis. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
I.B. Tauris,
2013.
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| Серия: |
Library of Middle East history ;
v. 39. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=607230 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Secret war in Afghanistan : the Soviet Union, China and the role of Anglo-American intelligence. |
| Резюме: |
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and the subsequent war with the indigenous Afghan Mujahedeen, was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Cold War. Key details of the circumstances surrounding the invasion and its ultimate conclusion only months before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 have long remained unclear; the entire episode is a shadowy narrative of clandestine correspondence, covert operations and failed intelligence. Making use of recently declassified archives, The Secret War in Afghanistan brings to light the full role of the CIA in arming and training the Afgh. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (304 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780857722430 0857722433 9780857733771 085773377X |