Index
Abrahamson, James 114, 192, 193, 198,
277, 368
Adamishin, Anatoli 57, 59, 70, 127, 144,
156, 159, 168, 225, 237, 254, 264,
272, 297, 392–6, 449
Adelman, Kenneth 16, 251
Afghan war 90, 93, 105, 123, 138, 287,
296–7
and Gorbachëv 130, 150, 156, 161,
177, 178, 179, 202, 291
and Reagan 329, 330, 335
Soviet withdrawal 329–38
and United States 329, 334–5
Afghanistan 375, 381–2, 432
Soviet invasion of (1979) 2, 6, 14, 22,
46, 90, 130
Soviet relations with after withdrawal
397–8
US support for anticommunist forces in
45
Africa 6, 43, 46, 90, 201–2, 237, 262,
392–5 see also individual countries
African National Congress 201–2
AIDS virus 262
Akhromeev, Sergei 24, 25, 61, 128, 135,
227, 272, 277, 281, 282, 297–8, 373,
436–8
and Afghan War 331, 335
appointed Chief of the General Staff
106
authorship of first variant of January
declaration 164–7, 204
character 106, 142
and Gorbachëv 164, 183, 203, 225, 227
and nuclear disarmament and arms
reduction 99, 143, 144, 164, 283,
284, 349, 438
opposition to US verification of troop
movements 203–4
retirement as Chief of the General Staff
349
and Reykjavik summit 215
and Shevardnadze 349
stays on as military adviser to
Gorbachëv 349
and withdrawal of troops from
Afghanistan 335
Albania 61, 75, 93
Allen, Richard 15, 17, 18, 35, 42
Ambio (journal) 31
Ames, Aldrich 258–9, 267
Amnesty International 81
Anderson, Martin 18, 252
Andreeva, Nina 345, 349
Andreotti, Giulio 7, 89, 140–1, 389
Andropov, Yuri 32, 44–5, 50–7, 60–2, 102,
132
commitment to tradition 63–4
death 103
and East Germany 73–4
and Eastern Europe 61–2, 72
and economy 55–6, 60, 62
and Gorbachëv 62, 103
health problems 62–3, 64, 103
and international relations 57
political career 55
Angola 98, 177, 206, 297, 396
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972) 138,
145, 157, 175, 189, 192, 205, 213,
215, 228, 239, 243, 278, 289, 295