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100	1		_aISRAELI Ofer
245			_aThe roundabout outcomes of the Soviet-Afghan war/ _cOfer Israeli
260			_c2022
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aSOVIET-AFGHAN WAR _xBIPOLARITY _xCOLD WAR _xSUPERPOWER RIVALRY _zAFGHANISTAN _zUNITED STATES (US) _zSOVIET UNION
773			_aAsian Perspective: _gVol.46, No. 1, Winter 2022, pp.1-20 (11)
598			_aAFGHAN
856			_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/846284 _zClick here for more
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