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What we won : America's secret war in Afghanistan, 1979-89
- Title
- What we won : America's secret war in Afghanistan, 1979-89 / Bruce Riedel.
- Author
- Riedel, Bruce O.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 189 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
- Espionage, American > Afghanistan > History > 20th century
- United States > Military policy
- United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union
- United States > Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century
- Afghanistan > Foreign relations > United States
- National security > United States > History > 20th century
- United States > Foreign relations > Afghanistan
- Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- IC 14-7149
- ISBN
- 9780815725848 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- 0815725841 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- 9780815725954 (paperback : acid-free paper)
- 0815725957 (paperback : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2014011190
- OCLC
- 867840319
- Author
- Riedel, Bruce O.
- Title
- What we won : America's secret war in Afghanistan, 1979-89 / Bruce Riedel.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IC 14-7149