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- Society > History > By Region > Europe > Russia > Soviet Union
- Society > History > By Time Period > Twentieth Century > Cold War
- Society > History > By Topic > Wars and Conflicts > Regional > Afghanistan
- Society > History > By Topic > Wars and Conflicts > Regional > Russia and Soviet Union
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- Afghan War 1979-1989
Provides links for information related to the war 1979 -1989, a discussion forum and guestbook. In English and Russian.
- Afghanistan: Crossroads of Conflict
A report published in The Atlantic in May 1980, focusing on the Marxist revolution and Soviet intervention.
- Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979 to 1982
The full text of this book by M. Hassan Kakar (1995) is provided by AfghanVoice.
- Afghanistan: War Without End?
Experts discuss the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the U.S. reaction to heightened tensions in the region in december 1985. Transcript of News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
- Artillery and Counterinsurgency: The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan
Discussing the fight between the technologically-advanced Russian forces and the Afghan guerilla.
- Compound War Case Study: The Soviets in Afghanistan
A study by Robert F. Baumann.
- Country in Conflict
Experts discuss the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and US backing for the resistance fighters. Transcript of News Hour with Jim Lehrer on November 17, 1983.
- Final Retreat?
A discussion on the Soviet pull-out. A transcript of PBS news transmitted on February 9, 1989.
- Medical Support in a Counter-Guerrilla War
Lester W. Grau and William A. Jorgensen discuss the epidemiologic lessons to be learned from the Soviet-Afghan war.
- National Security Archive: Afghanistan - Lessons from the Last War
Translations of original Soviet documents and US evaluations of the situation, with commentary.
- National Security Archive: Afghanistan Collection
Information on a microfiche collection on Afghanistan 1973-1990, with order address.
- Night Stalkers and Mean Streets: Afghan Urban Guerrillas
An excerpt from "The Other Side of the Mountain" by Ali A. Jalali and Lester W. Grau, containing interviews with Mujahideen guerillas.
- Road Warriors of the Hindu Kush
The Battle for the Lines of Communication in the Soviet-Afghan War analysed by Lester W. Grau. With maps.
- Silent Soldier and The Bear Trap
Two books by Brigadier Mohammad Yousaf about the recent wars in Afghanistan, mostly from a Pakistani viewpoint. Full text is online in English, Urdu and Farsi.
- Soviet Aircraft Losses in the 1979-1989 Afghan War
List of aircraft and servicemen, with pictures and maps.
- Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
A historical look at the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, 1979-1989
- Soviet War in Afghanistan: History and Harbinger of Future War?
An article by Mohammad Yahya Nawroz of the Army of Afghanistan and Lester W. Grau of the U.S. Army.
- The Dreaded Devil's Spiral: Treaties and Events Leading to the 1979 Invasion
Mir Hekmatullah Sadat explains Afghan-Soviet relations from Afghanistan's independence until the soviet occupation. With pictures and chronology.
- The Soviet Union and Afghanistan, 1978-1989
Documents from the Russian and East German Archives, presented by the "Cold War International History Project", Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
- The Soviet-Afghan War - How a Superpower Fought and Lost
The Russian General Staff's study of the war, translated and edited by Lester W. Grau and Michael A. Gress, is presented. Includes online-text of introduction, editor preface and foreword [html and pdf].
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