The great gamble : the Soviet war in Afghanistan / Gregory Feifer.
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the 21st century. Parallels between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq are impossible to ignore. The Soviet Union sent some of its most elite troops to unfamiliar lands t...
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New York :
Harper,
©2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Invasion considered: a short, victorious war
- Storm-333: the invasion
- The Soviets dig in
- The Mujahideen fight back
- The Soviets seek victory
- The tide turns
- Endgame
- Aftermath.