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Language: en
Pages: 342
Pages: 342
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-06 - Publisher: Harper Collins
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Language: en
Pages: 131
Pages: 131
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-06 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
The Soviet invasion of its neighbour Afghanistan in December 1979 sparked a bloody nine-year conflict in that country until Soviet forces withdrew in 1988–89,
Language: en
Pages: 400
Pages: 400
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher:
Offers a candid view of a war that played a significant role in the ultimate demise of the Soviet Union. Presents analysis absolutely vital to Western policymak
Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-16 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
Chronicles the Soviet Union's nine-year struggle to extricate itself from Afghanistan in the 1980s and compares it to the challenges the United States may face
Language: en
Pages: 304
Pages: 304
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-30 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in support of a Marxist-Leninist government, and the subsequent nine-year conflict with the indigenous Afghan Mujahedeen was