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The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lostby Lester W. Grau; Michael A. Gress

✍ Scribed by Review by: Robert V. Barylski

Book ID: 125105868
Publisher: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 420 KB
Volume: 62
Category: Article
ISSN: 0037-6779
DOI: 10.2307/3090517

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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 mujahideen). The hit-and-run bloodletting across the war's decade tallied more than 25,000