The roundabout outcomes of the Soviet-Afghan war/ (Record no. 41404)
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Personal name | ISRAELI Ofer |
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Title | The roundabout outcomes of the Soviet-Afghan war/ |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Ofer Israeli |
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2022 |
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Summary, etc. | This paper demonstrates that when a superpower within a bipolar system fights against a small rival either that is located beyond its sphere of influence or that has geostrategic importance to the other acting superpower, other forces matter more than the distribution of capabilities between the belligerents. Within the study I review two primary explanations for the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. Despite the strong resistance of local forces to the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, mainly by the Afghan Mujahedeen, Moscow failed to predict the political outcomes of the war. It was in fact a series of negative feedbacks that caused Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan after a decade-long intervention that did not achieve any political goals. One such example was the direct strike against the Soviet presence in Afghanistan, launched and coordinated by the United States as the other acting superpower under the bipolar system of that time. |
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Bulletin Heading | AFGHAN |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR |
General subdivision | BIPOLARITY |
-- | COLD WAR |
-- | SUPERPOWER RIVALRY |
Geographic subdivision | AFGHANISTAN |
-- | UNITED STATES (US) |
-- | SOVIET UNION |
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Main entry heading | Asian Perspective: |
Related parts | Vol.46, No. 1, Winter 2022, pp.1-20 (11) |
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Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/846284">https://muse.jhu.edu/article/846284</a> |
Public note | Click here for more |
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i | 67341.1001 |
r | Y |
s | Y |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Mindef Library & Info Centre | Mindef Library & Info Centre | Journals | 19/07/2022 | AFGHANISTAN | 67341.1001 | 03/01/2024 | 1 | 03/01/2024 | Journal Article |