Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. x, 180 pages; 24 cm

Subject

1. Afghanistan
2. Soviet Union
3. T︠S︡K KPSS > Politbi︠u︡ro
4. Decision making
5. History
6. T︠S︡K KPSS > Politbi︠u︡ro > Decision making
7. Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
8. Military policy > Decision making
9. Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989)
10. 1979-1989
11. Soviet Union > Military policy > Decision making

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. JFE 18-1066

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Fenzel, Michael R., author.

Title

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

Publisher

1. Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2017]

Copyright date

1. ©2017

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological term

1. 1979-1989

LCCN

1. 2015047412

ISBN

1. 9780804798181 hardcover ; alkaline paper
2. 0804798184 hardcover ; alkaline paper

Research call number

1. JFE 18-1066