TY  - BOOK
AU  - BRAITHWAVE Rodric
TI  - Afgantsy: the Russians in Afghanistan,1979-89 
SN  - 9780199832651 (hbk.) :
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - AFGHANISTAN
KW  -  HISTORY
KW  -  SOVIET OCCUPATION , 1979-1989
KW  - SOLDIERS
KW  -  AFGHANISTAN
KW  - 20th CENTURY
KW  -  SOVIET UNION
N1  - First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books"; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -