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Out of Afghanistan : the Inside Story of the Soviet Withdrawal.
The United Nations mediator for the Afghanistan conflict and a foreign policy analyst provide their own interpretations of the negotiations that helped to end the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. They describe how the ideological hard line taken by the Reagan administration prolonged the conflict.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Map of Afghanistan; Overview: Afghanistan and the End of the Cold War; I: 1973-1979 The Road to Intervention; 1. How The Soviet Union Stumbled into Afghanistan; Exit the King, Enter the Superpowers; The KGB, the GRU, and the Afghan Communists; Ending the Soviet Tilt; On the Eve of the Communist Coup; An Afghan Coup, Afghan Style; The Emergence of Amin; Vance versus Brzezinski; Moscow Rejects Intervention; Showdown in Kabul: The Murder of Taraki; Did Amin Signal Washington?; The Decision to Intervene; II: 1980-1981 The Last Days of Brezhnev.
- 2. Soviet Occupation, Afghan Resistance, and the American ResponseA Stillborn U.S. Peace Initiative; Zia's Great Expectations; The Red Army Under Fire; Islamabad and the Resistance: Divide and Rule; An Opening for the United Nations; Pakistan Becomes a Frontline State; Upgrading Afghan Aid; The New Soviet Offensive Strategy; 3. My Mission Begins; III: 1982-1983 Andropov: The Lost Opportunity; 4. Making the Russians Bleed; A Capacity for Realism
- Pakistan Reverses Course; The Andropov Legacy; Casey and the U.N. Negotiations; Hawks and Doves in Islamabad; 5. From Breakthrough to Breakdown.
- IV: 1984 The Chernenko Interregnum6. The War Escalates; The Resistance on the Offensive; A Visit to Kabul; Representative Wilson Settles a Score; Pakistan, the Fundamentalists, and the King; 7. The Long Winter; V: 1985-1986 Gorbachev: Preparing the Ground for Disengagement; 8. Bleeders, Dealers, and Perestroika; A Victory for the Dealers
- The Stinger Decision; Did the Stingers Matter?; Confrontation with Karmal; Building a Shadow Government; Moscow Gives Kabul a Deadline; 9. The Slow Thaw; VI: 1987-1988 The End Game; 10. Realpolitik Vindicated.
- Can Our Boys Survive?: The Soviet DebateCan the Resistance Govern?: American Illusions; Zia and Strategic Realignment
- The United States Moves the Goalposts; To Sign or Not to Sign; 11. The Final Hurdles: Linkage and the Time Frame; 12. Climax and Anticlimax: The Geneva Accords; Epilogue: The Withdrawal and After; Appendix: The Geneva Accords; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.