274 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1985, this is a book written at the height of the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Based on five clandestine trips into Afghanistan with the resistance, the book examines why the Soviets invaded in 1979 and what they were seeking to defend. The author analyses their deliberate policy of migratory genocide through a combination of aerial bombardments,... Read more
1. The Soviet Invasion 2.The Soviet Strategy - MIGs, Helicopter Gunships and Kalashnikovs 3. The Guerilla War - A Patchwork of Resistance 4. The Resistance Fronts 5. Soviet Influence in Afghanistan 6. The Communist Overlay 7. The Sovietisation of Afghanistan 8. The Afghan Struggle: The People's War 9. Refugees, Doctors and Prisoners - A Trickle of Humanity 10. Perspectives
Biography
Ed Girardet
