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For nearly a decade Afghanistan has been the battlefield for the murderous contest between Soviet-style communism and fundamentalist Islam. This book is the first attempt to analyze the over-all course of the military struggle as well as the tactics and operations of the protagonists. It is compiled from thousands of documents, reports and eyewitness accounts, including Soviet sources. War in Afghanistan explains who is winning the military contest and why.
For nearly a decade Afghanistan has been the battlefield for the murderous contest between Soviet-style communism and fundamentalist Islam. This book is the first attempt to analyze the over-all course of the military struggle as well as the tactics and operations of the protagonists. It is compiled from thousands of documents, reports and eyewitness accounts, including Soviet sources. War in Afghanistan explains who is winning the military contest and why.
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