Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89

by Rodric Braithwaite

Book Overview

The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. Afghan mujahideen upset their plans, holding on with little more than natural fighting skills, until CIA agents came to the rescue with American arms. Humiliated in battle, the Soviets hastily retreated. It is a great story-but it never happened.

In this brilliant,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019983265X
• ISBN13: 9780199832651
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.6"