What we won : America's secret war in Afghanistan, 1979-89 /
Bruce Riedel.
- New Delhi : Viva books, 2015.
- xvii, 189 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index.
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.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History--20th century.
Espionage, American--History--Afghanistan--20th century. National security--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan. Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States. United States--Military policy. Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989. United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union. Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.