No miracles : the failure of Soviet decision-making in the Afghan War

No miracles : the failure of Soviet decision-making in the Afghan War /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fenzel, Michael R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	T︠S︡K KPSS. > Politbi︠u︡ro > Decision making. T͡SK KPSS. > Politbi͡uro. T͡SK KPSS. 1979-1989 Decision making. Military policy > Decision making. Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989. Soviet Union > Military policy > Decision making. Afghanistan. Soviet Union. History.

Table of Contents:

The Soviet failure in Afghanistan
Setting the stage : evolution of party-military relations
Getting in : Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet decision to invade Afghanistan
No retreat ... no miracles : Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko in Afghanistan (1980-1985)
Gorbachev's quest for "reluctant, silent agreement" to withdraw from Afghanistan
Getting out : Gorbachev and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan (1986-1989)
Losing Afghanistan.