Riedel, Bruce O.

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.

9780815725848 (hardcover : acidfree paper) 9780815725954 (paperback : acidfree paper)

2014011190


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.

E183.8.A3 / R54 2014

327.730581 / RIW 2015