The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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Pages 50-65 (The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979: Failure of Intelligence or of the Policy Process?)

Students will be expected to produce a 2 pages report that details the below points

Summary
Provide a short summary of the Case (including a short Background)
Identify the events that lead up to the success or failure of the event
If the events concluded as an Intelligence failure, identify if there was one of the following:
-Intelligence Collection Failure
-Analytical Failure
-Policy Failure
Analytical Review
-Identify and discuss the tools that were assessable
-Did the analyst or Intelligence Community have access to the tools or date needed
Lessons learned
-Provide a recommendation or conclusion, identifying the lessons learned and how Intelligence can be used to prevent the events from happening again.

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