Gorbachev's Afghan Gambit; National Security Papers: 9
Cambridge, MA: Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc., 1988. First Printing [Stated]. Wraps. 23 cm. vii, [1], 25, [1] pages. Footnotes. List of Publications. Wraps. Some soiling to covers. Pencil erasure residue to title page. Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. (January 24, 1928 – August 8, 2019) a Trustee Emeritus of The Asia Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Mr. Eliot first joined the Board of The Asia Foundation in 1990. He was a retired Foreign Service Officer who served in Sri Lanka, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Iran, and in 1973-1978, as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. His Washington assignments included executive secretary (1969-1973) and inspector general (1978) of the Department of State. In 1978 he retired from the Foreign Service after 30 years to become dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. In 1985-1987, he was director of The Asia Foundation’s Center for Asian-Pacific Affairs. Ambassador Eliot has been a director of a number of corporations, including the Raytheon Company, and a board member of many non-profits in the international and environmental arenas. He previously served on The Asia Foundation’s board from 1990-2002, including as vice chairman and chairman of the Executive Committee. He was a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Boston's Eliot family. Eliot graduated from Harvard College in 1948 and received a Master of Public Administration from Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration in 1956. He also served as Secretary General for the United States of the Bilderberg Meetings from 1981 to October 1993. On February 8, 1988, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev announced that Soviet forces would be withdrawn from Afghanistan. This announcement forced the pace of the UN-sponsored negotiations in Geneva. On April 14th, accords were signed that provide for the withdrawal, beginning May 15, of Soviet forces and the return of the approximately there million Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Refugees, Pakistan, Mikhail Gorbachev, United Nations, Military Invasion, Military Withdrawal, Resistance, Afghanistan, Postwar Reconstruction, Foreign Policy, Military Resupply, Geneva Accords, Violations of Accords
ISBN: 0895490870
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