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SUMMARY:‘The Bear Trap? The Prelude to the Soviet Invasion in Afghanista
 n\, 1978/79’ - Martin Deuerlein\, University of Tübingen
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CONTACT:Gui Xi Young
DESCRIPTION:The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 was initially perce
 ived as an aggressive and expansive act by Western observers\; however\, i
 n the 1990s newly declassified documents showed that Soviet motives were m
 uch more erratic and defensive than previously assumed. Similarly\, the US
 -narrative has been revised\; in the late 90s\, first evidence surfaced th
 at the Carter administration had deliberately provoked the invasion by sup
 porting the Mujahideen six months before the invasion. This talk will cons
 ider these different narratives and attempt to shed light on some unresolv
 ed questions and contradictions that still surround the Soviet invasion in
  Afghanistan.\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room S2 Alison Richard Building
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