OUT OF AFGHANISTAN - The Inside Story of the Soviet Withdrawal <Hardcover, 1995>

Description: Out of Afghanistan shows that the Red Army was securely intrenched when the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw: American weaponry and Afghan bravery raised the costs for Moscow, but it was six years of skilful democracy that gave the Russians away out. Cordovz (co-author) of was the United Nations mediator who negotiated the Soviet pull out, and Harrison is a leading South Asia expert with four decades of experience in covering Afghanistan. Their story of the UN negotiation is interwoven with a gripping chronicle of the war years complete with palace shootouts in Kabul, turf warfare between rival Soviet intelligence agencies, and the CIA role in building up Islamic fundamentalist guerrilla leaders at the expense of Afghan moderates. Published by Oxford University Press 1995 Hardcover – Very Good. Dustjacket – very Good Not price clipped. 1st Edition Book has 450 clean cream pages with b/w photographs + notes + index.Ex -library stamp on 1st & last page (no pockets etc) Minimal shelf wear to book.grey boards with red spine and clear black lettering. Remnants of tape to top/bottom of boards.D/J - slight creasing to top of spine. Tiny hole bottom of spine.Book 24 x 16 x 3.5 cm

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