No miracles : the failure of Soviet decision-making in the Afghan War /

No miracles : the failure of Soviet decision-making in the Afghan War /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fenzel, Michael R., author.
Imprint:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (x, 180 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	T︠S︡K KPSS. -- Politbi︠u︡ro -- Decision making. T︠S︡K KPSS. -- Politbi︠u︡ro. Decision making. Military policy -- Decision making. Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989. Soviet Union -- Military policy -- Decision making. Afghanistan. Soviet Union. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12018088

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ISBN:	9780804799102 0804799105 9780804798181 0804798184
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Fenzel, Michael R. No miracles. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017 9780804798181

Table of 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.