Holy war, unholy victory : eyewitness to the CIA's secret war in Afghanistan

Title
  1. Holy war, unholy victory : eyewitness to the CIA's secret war in Afghanistan / Kurt Lohbeck ; foreword by Dan Rather.
Published by
  1. Washington, D.C. : Regnery Gateway, ©1993.
Author
  1. Lohbeck, Kurt.

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Description
  1. xiv, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Describes the Soviet-Afghan War from the eyes of the Afghans who fought it.
Subject
  1. USA Central Intelligence Agency
  2. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
  3. Since 1979
  4. Afghanistan-Konflikt 1979-1989
  5. Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
  6. Afghanistan > History > 1989-
  7. Afghanistan
  8. Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. Weaving a tangled web -- In the eyes of the beholders -- Past is prologue -- Lack of vigilance -- Infiltration -- Reaction -- Peace through strength -- East is east -- Citizen soilders -- Sweet revenge -- David vs. Goliath -- Helping hands: overt and covert -- Messengers confusing the message -- Half Kipling's India, half Bogart's Casablanca -- Lord save us from our friends -- Spies, lies, and videotapes -- Street gangs and armies -- Wars and rumors of wars -- Into the jaws of the enemy -- We deceive ourselves -- Extremely intolerant -- Goliath begins to fall -- Money is the root of all evil -- Chaos and confusion -- The messengers kill each other -- Brothers in blood -- Retreat from Jalalabad -- The war on drugs -- Whodunit -- History begins to repeat itself -- Goliath goes down.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.