Andropov was right
Tariq Ali: The Russians in Afghanistan, 16 June 2011
Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89
by Rodric Braithwaite.
Profile, 417 pp., £25, March 2011,978 1 84668 054 0 Show More
by Rodric Braithwaite.
Profile, 417 pp., £25, March 2011,
A Long Goodbye: The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
by Artemy Kalinovsky.
Harvard, 304 pp., £20.95, May 2011,978 0 674 05866 8 Show More
by Artemy Kalinovsky.
Harvard, 304 pp., £20.95, May 2011,
“... attempt on his own life, in which one of his bodyguards was killed, and blamed it on Taraki. Artemy Kalinovsky, whose book A Long Goodbye: The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan in most respects confirms Braithwaite’s account, takes a different view of this crucial episode, suggesting that Amin was indeed the intended victim. But he produces no ... ”
