"Excellent Propaganda" Zbigniew Brzezinski's Narrative for the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Author

Matt Mulhern, CUNY City CollegeFollow

Date of Award

2019

Document Type

Thesis

Department

History

First Advisor

Craig Daigle

Second Advisor

Andreas Killen

Keywords

Excellent Propaganda, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf, Jimmy Carter, Soviet Union

Abstract

My focus is Cold War, and my thesis is about Zbigniew Brzezinski's larger geopolitical vision and objectivesforthePersian Gulf region, including how he used the Afghan war to pursue those objectives, and how important his willful misunderstanding of Soviet intentions in Afghanistan was to the legacy of America’s involvement in that nation’s affairs.

Recommended Citation

Mulhern, Matt, ""Excellent Propaganda" Zbigniew Brzezinski's Narrative for the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/786