Afghanistan: The Bear Trap : The Defeat of a Superpower

Name: Afghanistan: The Bear Trap : The Defeat of a Superpower
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ISBN: 9780971170926

ISBN-10: 0971170924

ISBN-13: 9780971170926

Edition: 2001

Authors: Mohammad Yousaf, Mark Adkin

List price: $29.95

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How did the horrendous situation in Afghanistan, with all its implications for recent events and the present time, come to pass? What was the role of the CIA and Pakistani intelligence in the creation of what became the Taliban? What are the implications for the future and lessons from the past for American forces today?This highly controversial book reveals one of the greatest military, political and financial secrets of recent times. It is nothing less than the true, if fantastic, account of how Pakistan and the USA covertly controlled the largest guerrilla war of the 20th Century, dealing to the Soviet Russian presence in Afghanistan a military defeat that has come to be called 'Russia's…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 243
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English