Afgantsy : the Russians in Afghanistan,1979-89 /
Rodric Braithwave
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011
- xiv, 417 pages [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The story has been distorted not only by Cold War propaganda but also by the myths of the nineteenth century Great Game. It moves from high politics of the Kremlin to the lonely Russian conscripts in isolated mountain outposts. The parallels with Afghanistan today speak for themselves.
9780199832651 (hbk.) : 19.99 GBP
AFGHANISTAN -- HISTORY -- SOVIET OCCUPATION , 1979-1989 SOLDIERS -- HISTORY -- AFGHANISTAN --20th CENTURY SOLDIERS -- SOVIET UNION -- HISTORY