Why read A Long Goodbye?

Book cover of A Long Goodbye: The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan

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The conflict in Afghanistan looms large in the collective consciousness of Americans. What has the United States achieved, and how will it withdraw without sacrificing those gains? The Soviet Union confronted these same questions in the 1980s, and Artemy Kalinovsky's history of the USSR's nine-year struggle to extricate itself from…

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1 author picked A Long Goodbye as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Vassily Klimentov

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I think that this is the best book about the politics of the Soviet-Afghan War. Artemy Kalinovsky writes in a vivid style and shows the intricate behind-the-scenes discussions between Soviets and Americans that led to the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in the late 1980s.

Many historical books are a dull read, but this book is not. I really like how Kalinovsky helps the reader feel as if they are at the center of the story.

From Vassily's list on The best books about the modern Middle East and Afghanistan.