A Long Goodbye: The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan

by Artemy M. Kalinovsky

The conflict in Afghanistan looms large in the collective consciousness of Americans. What has the United States achieved, and how will it withdraw without sacrificing those gains? The Soviet Union confronted these same questions in the 1980s, and Artemy Kalinovsky's history of the USSR's nine-year struggle to extricate itself from Afghanistan and bring its troops home provides a sobering perspective on exit options in the region.

What makes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674058666
• ISBN13: 9780674058668
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"