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Books on: soviet afghanistan war

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The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Analysis and Chronology

Book by Tom Rogers; Greenwood Press, 1992

Subjects:

Afghanistan--History--Soviet Occupation, 1979-1989

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Jalalabad airport. Soviet forces stage a major...vow to intensify the war and establish a government...Najibullah announces that the Soviets will remain in Afghanistan until the war is over...Senior American and Soviet diplomats are in Pakistan...holds formal talks on Afghanistan with Pakistani leaders...
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The Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan

Book by Alfred L. Monks; American Enterprise Institute, 1981

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union, Afghanistan--History--Soviet Occupation, 1979-1989, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Afghanistan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Alteration in the Soviet concept of a local war to include wars fought by coalitions...believes that a war can remain local...so that, if the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, a Western response...occurred in the Soviet concept of escalation...
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Russia's South Flank: Soviet Operations in Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan

Book by Günther Nollau, Hans Jürgen Wiehe, Victor Andersen; Praeger, 1963

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union, Iran--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Middle East, Turkey--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan profited from the desperate position into which Soviet Russia was plunged by civil war and by the "intervention...received considerable Soviet support in her own dispute...friendship with Iran, the Soviets waived all claims arising...telegraph lines in Iran. Afghanistan, in its war of independence...
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War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet

Book by Eric S. Margolis; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Politics And Government--1973-1989, Afghanistan--Politics And Government--1989-2001, China--Foreign Relations--India, India--Foreign Relations--China, Jammu And Kashmir (India)--Politics And Government, Tibet (China)--Politics And Government

Collections: History, Entire Library

At first, the Soviets shrugged off the occasional...with antique, World War I British Lee-Enfield...as resistance to the Soviet occupation forces and...few nations outside Afghanistan, except for its immediate...newspaper business, an Afghanistan story was an editors...ever want to read. The Soviets encouraged this obscurity...
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The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War

Book by Raymond L. Garthoff; Brookings Institution, 1994

Subjects:

Cold War, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union

Collections: History, Entire Library

...biological weapons. 30 The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan continued to be pressed in...settlement of the conflict in Afghanistan, the United States displayed...particular the Iran-Iraq war , and Afghanistan. These quiet diplomatic...

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Journal Articles on: soviet afghanistan war

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Beaten by the Bugs: the Soviet-afghan War Experience

Journal article by Lester W. Grau, William A. Jorgensen; Military Review, Vol. 77, 1997

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Armed forces, Disease, Military deployment, Military history, Sanitation, USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, War

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...not the case in Afghanistan where every soldier...short supply. The Soviet 40th Army began...and hygiene. The Soviets were unable to logistically...successfully prosecute the war in Afghanistan. Their inability...One reason the Soviets could not control...professional NCO corps. Soviet NCOs were conscripts...
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Soviet Hearts-and-Minds Operations in Afghanistan

Journal article by Paul Robinson; The Historian, Vol. 72, 2010

Subjects:

Afghan foreign relations, Afghanistan-Soviet crisis, 1979-1989, Civilian casualties--Psychological aspects, Humanitarian aid, Military maneuvers--Analysis, Military operations--Analysis, Russian foreign relations, Soldiers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: History, Entire Library

...whole form of war.... In...different. The Soviets chose to...21) "The Soviet experience...invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 caused...large-scale war , considering local wars as something...that the Soviets did not attempt...strategy in Afghanistan is clearly wrong. Even if Soviet hearts...Communism and Soviet Intervention...Coht War International...Withdrawal: Afghanistan as the Forgotten...Small Wars and Insurgencies...
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The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-afghan War

Journal article by William C. Green; Naval War College Review, Vol. 56, 2003

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Grau, Lester W, International relations, Jalali, Ali Ahmad, Military strategy, Nonfiction, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--USSR, War

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...I saw a lot of Soviets coming at me and they...able to engage the Soviets. . . . I ran across...S. intervention in Afghanistan. The work consists...Academy, detailing Soviet tactical action in Afghanistan. Jalali and Grau earlier...tactics during the war or of their interaction...A summary of the wars origins, conduct...
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Post-Cold War State Disintegration: The Failure of International Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan

Journal article by Barnett R. Rubin; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 46, 1993

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Politics and government, Civil war--Afghanistan, United Nations--Relations with Afghanistan

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...reunited by the Soviets a year earlier...Republic of Afghanistan, which quickly...dependent on Soviet aid. Within...jihad (holy war) against the...disorder in Afghanistan - and recoup...an unending war. Gorbachev...under which the Soviets were able to...conflict such as Soviet troop withdrawal...withdraw from Afghanistan. Pakistan and...
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Proportionality in the Afghanistan War

Journal article by Jeff Mcmahan; Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 25, 2011

Subjects:

Afghan foreign relations--Military aspects, Afghanistan Conflict, 2001---Ethical aspects, Just war doctrine--Analysis, United States foreign relations--Military aspects

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...involvement in the war in Afghanistan is a significant...withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989 and the...world by means of war. There are better...on protracted wars in the Middle...do better, in Afghanistan and elsewhere...

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Magazine Articles on: soviet afghanistan war

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America and Afghanistan: A Troubled History : With the Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, American Interest Quicklly Lapsed, Even Though the Afghan Conflict Had Helped to End the Cold War

Magazine article by Martin Ewans; World and I, Vol. 17, March 2002

Subjects:

Afghan foreign relations--United States, Afghanistan, United States, United States foreign relations--Afghanistan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...purchased secondhand Soviet armaments from such...them during various wars with Arab states) that...Pakistan. Forcing the Soviet Union Out In April 1985...means to compel the Soviets to withdraw. Following...life difficult for the Soviet occupiers. The first...Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, international...
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Retreat from Kabul: The Soviet Defeat in Afghanistan Teaches Many Lessons. America's Inevitable Defeat Isn't One of Them

Magazine article by Christian Caryl; Washington Monthly, Vol. 41, March 2009

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Books--Book reviews, The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...the redoubtable Soviet foreign minister...farmers, the Soviets never managed...of Communist Afghanistan even if the "fraternal" Soviet forces in the...that dogged the war effort at every...counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, this is definitely...moment in the war when the Soviets actually appeared...operations. Soviet commanders were...
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Documents Divulge Soviet's Once-Dark Dealings in Afghanistan

Magazine article by Hans S. Nichols; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, March 25, 2002

Subjects:

Ambassadors--Crimes against, Andropov, Yuri--Political activity, Cold War--Records and correspondence, Dubs, Adolph--Crimes against, Mitrokhin, Vasili--Authorship, Soviet Union. KGB--International aspects, Soviet Union--Relations with Afghanistan, The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB (Book)--Authorship, United States--Relations with Afghanistan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Documents divulge Soviets once-dark dealings in Afghanistan by Hans S. Nichols...during the Cold War. Yuri Gagarin...attempts to advance the Soviet empire and thwart...Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 1970s...and the frantic Soviet efforts to keep...among Afghans and Soviets alike." HANS S...
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The Soviet-afghan War: Breaking the Hammer & Sickle

Magazine article by Lester W. Grau, Ali Ahmad Jalali; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 89, March 2002

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Army-USSR, Military engagements, Military history, Military strategy, USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United States, War

Collections: History, Entire Library

...their tour of duty. Soviet combat equipment losses...aftermath, 10,751 Soviets were invalided because of the war. Afghan veterans groups...with about 29% of the wars veterans belonging to...a new generation of Afghanistan veterans of a different...legacy of the bloody Soviet-Afghan War. Russian veteran Timothy...
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The Bear Went over the Mountain: More Lessons from the Soviet-afghan War

Magazine article by Lester W. Grau; Infantry, Vol. 96, September 2007

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Guerrilla forces, Helicopters, Military engagements, Military personnel, Military strategy, Mines, Radio systems, Trucks, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--USSR, Vehicles, War

Collections: Entire Library

...the Soviet-afghan War by Lester W. Grau Editors...Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan, edited by Lester W...the extent that his Soviet counterpart had to...planning the action. The Soviet system overburdened...main column. Other Soviet writings talk about...armored vehicle. The Soviets used radio almost exclusively...

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Newspaper Articles on: soviet afghanistan war

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Soviet 'Deja Vu' Offers U.S. Aid in Afghanistan

Newspaper article by Timothy Gusinov; The Washington Times, November 3, 2001

Subjects:

Afghanistan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...tours of duty in Afghanistan, nine years in all...military advisers, Soviet troops and Spetsnaz...two combat tours in Afghanistan, and says the U.S. war gives him a feeling...garb at a base in Afghanistan during the 1980s...
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U.S. Learns from Mistakes of Soviets in Afghanistan; Guerrilla Forces Pose Next Challenge to Military Coalition

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 24, 2002

Subjects:

Afghanistan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Soviets mistakes in Afghanistan as the U.S. military...permanent victory in his war on terrorism. "One...mistakes we dont make in Afghanistan is we dont send untrained...troops in there as the Soviets did," retired Army...Bush referred to the Soviet experience in an address...military conflict in Afghanistan. Its been one of initial...
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Massoud Was the Soviet Union's Greatest Enemy in Afghanistan

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 22, 1997

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Taliban

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Massoud was the Soviet Unions greatest enemy in Afghanistan In response to the Aug...questions Ahmad Shah Massouds war record. But nowhere in Afghanistan was the Red Army more...bestow the Taleban upon Afghanistan and its war-weary citizens...
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Commentary on War in Afghanistan Needs Some Clarification

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 24, 1999

Subjects:

Afghanistan, Masood, Ahmed Shah, Pakistan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Commentary on war in Afghanistan needs some clarification...in the ongoing war in Afghanistan. It exposes Pakistans...which is to dominate Afghanistan politically as well...effectiveness as an anti-Soviet resistance leader...
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Congressman Who Helped Beat Back Soviets in Afghanistan

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 14, 2010

Subjects:

Congressional representatives, Legislators, News agencies, Soviet Union. Workers and Peasants Red Army, The Associated Press

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Who Helped Beat Back Soviets in Afghanistan. Byline: Associated...dollars in weapons to Afghanistan, allowing the countrys...beat back the mighty Soviet Red Army, died Wednesday...influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was...Irina Arkhipova, a Soviet-era diva who sang...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: soviet afghanistan war

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Afghanistan War

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

AFGHANISTAN WAR 1978 92, conflict...government and Soviet forces. The...end of the war more than 5...Lessons of Modern War, Vol. III...ed., The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan (1989); A. Hyman, Afghanistan under Soviet...
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Afghanistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Bangladesh) and the war with India...relations, Afghanistan was neutral...States and the Soviet Union. In...closely with the Soviet Union. In...troops into Afghanistan, Amin was...president. The Afghanistan War and Islamic...
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...political organizers. A Soviet counter-offensive saved...turning point in the war. The Soviets drove the invaders back...Hungary was overcome, and Soviet troops marched into East...Israeli War (where the Soviet Union backed the Arabs...the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (when the USSR...and Ethiopian civil wars (where the U.S. backed...
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Bin Laden, Osama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Aziz Univ., Jidda), but following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (see Afghanistan War ) he went to Pakistan where he helped to...year. Following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, he returned to his familys construction...
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Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...SERGEYEVICH mekh yel sirga y vich g rb chof , 1931 , Soviet political leader. Born in the agricultural...By 1989 he had brought about the end of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (see Afghanistan War ) and had sanctioned the end of the Communist...

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