The Soviet war in Afghanistan, 1979-1988 /
"In December 1979 the USSR’s 40th Army crossed the border into Afghanistan. Special forces troops – the infamous GRU Spetsnaz – and KGB agents had already entered the country and in a fierce gun battle assassinated Afghanistan’s President Hafizullah Amin in Tajbeg Palace so that he could be rep...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Warwick :
Helion and Company,
2024
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| Series: | Asia@War
no. 50 |
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| Summary: | "In December 1979 the USSR’s 40th Army crossed the border into Afghanistan. Special forces troops – the infamous GRU Spetsnaz – and KGB agents had already entered the country and in a fierce gun battle assassinated Afghanistan’s President Hafizullah Amin in Tajbeg Palace so that he could be replaced by rival Babrak Karmal. The official explanation provided to officers, non-commissioned officers, and other ranks of the Soviet Armed Forces was that they were carrying out an ‘international duty’ in Afghanistan. What exactly that was, none of the participants knew. The reasoning of Brezhnev’s Politburo was that their intervention would bring stability to a country slipping into anarchy as its government failed to deal with political conflict within its own ranks and widespread armed rebellion outside the major urban centres. Thus began the Soviet military intervention that was to last for nearly ten years." |
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| Item Description: | Cover title |
| Physical Description: | 86 pages, viii pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 1804514632 9781804514634 |