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Making use of recently declassified archives, The Secret War in Afghanistan brings to light the full role of the CIA in arming and training the Afghan fighters. Here, Panagiotis Dimitrakis analyses every aspect of this vital turning point in Cold War history; from President Jimmy Carter’s ‘Afghan Trap’ to Margaret Thatcher’s role in the crisis. Dimitrakis also outlines the full extent of China’s involvement in arming the Mujahedeen, effectively fighting Brezhnev’s Soviet Union by proxy. This will be essential reading for scholars and students of the Cold War, American History and the Modern Middle East.