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ID077138
Title ProperManaging withdrawal
Other Title InformationAfghanistan as the forgotten example in attempting conflict resolution and state reconstruction
LanguageENG
AuthorMarshall, Alex
Publication2007.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Perhaps surprisingly, given the availability of new Russian memoir material, some excellent individual monographs, and a large variety of declassified documents, a full operational-political account of the Soviet Union's withdrawal strategy from Afghanistan has yet to be written. This article, utilising openly published yet neglected sources, attempts to fill that gap. The final fate of the Najibullah regime, and the contradictory effect of the National Reconciliation Policy in Afghanistan itself, suggests four key lessons for international forces today as disengagement from both Iraq and Afghanistan again becomes a pressing issue, and as questions around re-creating stability within a failed state scenario again occupy the international community.
`In' analytical NoteSmall Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 18, No.1; Mar 2007: p69-89
Journal SourceSmall Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 18, No.1; Mar 2007: p69-89
Key WordsSoviet Union ;  Insurgency ;  Counter Insurgency ;  State-Building ;  Conflict Resolution ;  Afghanistan


 
 
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