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Complications In Afghanistan

John Colvin THE BEAR TRAP by Brigadier Mohammad Yousaf, and Mark Adkin Leo Cooper, £18.50, pp. 243 T he Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan either as a 'defensive-offensive', to......

Rediscovery Of A Comic Masterpiece

Christopher Hawtree THE MORTDECAI TRILOGY by Kyril Bonfiglioli Black Spring Press, £7.99, pp. 527 W hen first published, a note at the beginning of After You With the Pistol,......