Soviet-Afghan War
This photographic history of the Soviet-Afghan War of 1979 to 1989 gives a fascinating insight into a grim conflict that prefigured the American-led campaign in that country. In an unequal struggle, the mujahedeen resisted for ten years, then triumphed over Moscow. For the Soviet Union, the futile intervention has been compared to the similar humiliation suffered by the United States in Vietnam. For the Afghans the victory was just one episode in the long history of their efforts to free their territory from the interference of foreign powers. By focusing on the Soviet use of heavy weaponry, Anthony Tucker-Jones shows the imbalance at the hea…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78383-046-6
- EAN: 9781783830466
- Produktnummer: 22582423
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'718 KB
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