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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xiv, 417 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"In this brilliant, myth-busting account, Braithwaite--the former British ambassador to Moscow--challenges much of what we know about the Soviets in Afghanistan. He provides an inside look at this little-understood episode, using first-hand accounts and piercing analysis to show the war as it was fought and experienced by the Russians. The invasion, he writes, was a defensive response to a chaotic situation in the Soviets' immediate neighbor. They...
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