What we won : America's secret war in Afghanistan, 1979-89 / Bruce Riedel.
Material type: TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2014Description: xvii, 189 pages ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780815725954 (paperback : acidfree paper)
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century
- Espionage, American -- Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century
- National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Military policy
- Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) 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.
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