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serves very well as a guide to where things stood at the time of the Geneva accords of 1988 and the beginning of the withdrawal of Soviet troops.

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Amin Saikal, William Maley. Nearly ten years of bloodshed and political turmoil have followed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. This book is designed to explore the background to the decision to withdraw and its broader implications. Soviet occupation not only proved a major trauma for the people of Afghanistan; invasion ended at a stroke the growth in superpower detente that had characterized the late 1970s; and back home in the Soviet Union the effects of escalating military costs and over 13,000 young military casualties have been felt at every level of society.

Nearly ten years of bloodshed and political turmoil have followed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979

Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Online publication date: November 2009. Soviet occupation not only proved a major trauma for the people of Afghanistan; invasion ended the growth in superpower dentents that had characterised the late 1970s; and in the Soviet Union the effects of escalating military costs and over 13,000 young military casualties have been felt at every level of society.

The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan began on 15 May 1988 and ended on 15 February 1989 under the leadership of Colonel-General Boris Gromov

The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan began on 15 May 1988 and ended on 15 February 1989 under the leadership of Colonel-General Boris Gromov. Planning for the withdrawal of the Soviet Union (USSR) from the Afghanistan War began soon after Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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Cambridge University Press, 1989, 177 pp. Purchase. The Soviet Withdrawal From Afghanistan. The Soviet Withdrawal From Afghanistan

Cambridge University Press, 1989, 177 pp. While it is still too early for a full-fledged study of the Soviet withdrawal and what it means, this book written largely by Australian scholars serves very well as a guide to where things stood at the time of the Geneva accords of 1988 and the beginning of the withdrawal of Soviet troops. The book provides many keys to an understanding of coming developments as they unfold. Cambridge University Press, 1989, 177 pp. Nearly ten years of bloodshed and political turmoil have followed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979

Amin Saikal, William Maley. Soviet occupation not only proved a major trauma for the people of Afghanistan; invasion ended the growth in superpower dentents that had characterised the late 1970s; and in the Soviet Union the effects of escalating military costs and over 13,000 young military casualties have been felt at every level of society

Legitimacy by Amin Saikal and William Maley. from Afghanistan in 1989 and the subsequent stalemate between the Kabul regime. ple, Saikal and Maley claim that the Soviet army's negotiated "withdrawal could. hardly be seen as grossly detrimental to Soviet interests" (p. 115).

Legitimacy by Amin Saikal and William Maley. While recent events have rendered a number of their. speculations on Afghanistan's future moot, the book still contains much of value. The greatest strength of the book is its analysis of national politics in Af. ghanistan. With the. subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of independent.