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Author:

Fenzel, Michael R., author.

Title:

No miracles : the failure of Soviet decision-making in the Afghan War / Michael R. Fenzel.

Publisher:

Stanford Security Studiesan imprint of Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

x, 180 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

TŁSK KPSS.--PolitbiŁuro--Decision making.
TŁSK KPSS.--PolitbiŁuro.
Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989)
Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Soviet Union--Decision making.--Decision making.
Decision making.
Military policy--Decision making.
Afghanistan.
Soviet Union.
1979-1989
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0804798184
9780804798181

OCLC:

(OCoLC)932109752

LCCN:

2015047412

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)