What we won : America's secret war in Afghanistan, 1979-89 / Bruce Riedel.

Author: Riedel, Bruce O.

ImprintWashington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2014.

Descriptionxvii, 189 pages ; 24 cm

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index.

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