2. The Soviet Failure in Afghanistan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. List of Abbreviations x
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. The Soviet Failure in Afghanistan 5
7. 3. Setting the Stage: Evolution of Party-military Relations 11
8. 4. Getting In: Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet Decision to Invade Afghanistan 29
9. 5. No Retreat . . . No Miracles: Brezhnev, Andropov, and Chernenko in Afghanistan (1980–85) 58
10. 6. Gorbachev’s Quest for “Reluctant, Silent Agreement” to Withdraw from Afghanistan (1985) 87
11. 7. Getting Out: Gorbachev and the Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan (1986–89) 96
12. 8. Losing Afghanistan 119
13. Appendix: Soviet Stakeholder Agencies 137
14. Notes 141
15. Refererences 163
16. Index 171