The Secret War in Afghanistan : The Soviet Union, China and Anglo-American Intelligence in the Afghan War

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and the subsequent war with the Afghan Mujahedeen, was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Cold War. Using recently declassified archives, Dimitrakis outlines the operations of the CIA, MI6 and the KGB and the full extent of aid and intelligence from the West which armed and trained the Afghan fighters.