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The Struggle for Afghanistan, by Nancy Peabody Newell and Richard S. Newell

- Abstract

In the immediate wake of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in December 1979, it was widely predicted that the USSR’s international reputation would suffer a serious decline because of this naked act of aggression against a defenseless Third World count



About the Author

Arch Puddington is director of research at Freedom House and the author, most recently, of Lane Kirkland: Champion of American Labor.