The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost by Lester W. Grau , Michael A. Gress
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Overview: The War in Afghanistan (1979-1989) has been called "the Soviet Union’s Vietnam War," a conflict that pitted Soviet regulars against a relentless, elusive, and ultimately unbeatable Afghan guerrilla force (the mujahideen). The hit-and-run bloodletting across the war’s decade tallied more than 25,000 dead Soviet soldiers plus a great many more casualties and further demoralized a USSR on the verge of disintegration.
In The Soviet-Afghan War the Russian general staff takes a close critical look at the Soviet military’s disappointing performance in that war in an effort to better understand what happened and why and what lessons should be taken from it. Lester Grau and Michael Gress’s expert English translation of the general staff’s study offers the very first publication in any language of this important and illuminating work.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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