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Soviet occupation

Cogs of War

by Anatoly Chernyaev,

From the December 30, 1979, entry in his diary, which was released in May by the George Washington University National Security Archive. Chernyaev, a member of the Central Committee of…

A Special Relationship

by Andrew Cockburn,

The United States is teaming up with Al Qaeda, again

Known Knowns

Translated by Svetlana Savranskaya,

From a May 10, 1988, letter from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to all Party members. The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan began…

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