Buy this book on-line HARCLERODE, PETER: : FIGHTING DIRTY: The Inside Story of Covert Operations from Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin LadenLONDON.CASSELL & CO,2001. ISBN 0304353825.
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The guerillas of the mujahidin (the Soldiers of God) were funded by the West to resist the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in December 1979.From CIA operations against the Soviets in the Ukraine,Poland and the Baltic States to the war in Afghanistan and its deadly legacy, 'Fighting Dirty' investigates the use of secret armies.As Peter Harclerode reveals,the war in Afghanistan was not the first time western governments have resorted to covert operations as a tool of foreign policy.Some have achieved great success: the campaigns in Malaya and Oman defeated communist guerilla movements.
This book also includes comprehensive accounts of operations in Albania,Borneo,Tibet,Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos,and is the most comprehensive account of unconventional warfare yet published. In 'Fighting Dirty' Harclerode also explains how the 1979-89 war in Afghanistan has left us with a Frankenstein's Monster: highly motivated international terrorists trained and equipped with the latest western weaponry.
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