The bleeding wound : the Soviet War in Afghanistan and the collapse of the Soviet system /

The bleeding wound : the Soviet War in Afghanistan and the collapse of the Soviet system /

"This book considers the significance of the the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) to Soviet politics, society, and the military in the twilight of the USSR, and its indirect influence on the evolution of its successor states. Yaacov Ro'i argues that the war had significant effects beyond its...

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Main Author: Ro'i, Yaacov (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Series:Cold War International History Project series.
Subjects:
1945-1991
Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1945-1991.
History
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The decision to intervene militarily in Afghanistan
  • The course of the war
  • The Fortieth Army
  • The position of the Soviet political establishment
  • The implications of the Soviet-Afghan War for the Soviet military
  • Coverage of the war in the Soviet media
  • Public opinion
  • The afgantsy
  • Central Asia and the Soviet "Muslim" peoples
  • The war and the demise of the Soviet Union.

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