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Soviet-Afghan War, The - How a Superpower Fought and Lost

By: University Press of Kansas

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (University Press of Kansas)


Product Info

Title
Soviet-Afghan War, The - How a Superpower Fought and Lost
Category
Author
Lester W. Grau
Publish Year
2002
Pages
392
Dimensions
6x9x1"
NKG Part #
2148162950
Type
Softcover

Description

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 mujahedeen). 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.