The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan, Paperback - Gregory Feifer

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Reducere. After a brief survey of the great empires in Afghanistan--the campaigns of Alexander the Great, the British in the era of Kipling, and the late Sov...

The story of the six-day battle that began the War in Afghanistan and how it set the scene for twenty years of conflict.Publisher: Welbeck Publishi...

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The story of NATO's disastrous occupation of Afghanistan, and how it repeated the mistakes of the Soviet occupation which preceded itPublisher: Ver...

The first authoritative history of American's longest war by one of the world's leading scholar-practitioners. The American war in Afghanistan, whi...

This hard-hitting but heartwarming book tells of war and confilict in Afghanistan over the past ten years through the eyes of two fictional childre...

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Reducere. Afghan Heat is a fast paced story of an SAS operative on operations from SAS selection through to a tour on the battlefields of Afghanistan. The bo...

Describes the events surrounding the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the encounter between the military superpower and the poorly armed Afghans.

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Award NameYalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young AdultsAward categoryYoung Adult NonfictionExcellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults F...

Florian Weigand investigates legitimacy and its absence in Afghanistan. He shows that what matters in conflict zones is dignity: People judge autho...

This book offers a new global history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, exploring the conflict both within and beyond the framework of the Col...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Mark (New York University, New York, USA) GaleottiNumber of pages: 96Collection: CampaignPublication...

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A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Military Times Best Book of the Year J. Kael Weston spent seven years on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan worki...

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In 2012, Specialist E.E. Summerfield and the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment were deployed to the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. This book p...

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Story of two marine's experiences of combat in Afghanistan, and the culture and environment from which they reentered civil society.Publisher: Pen ...

This book is the first detailed, illustrated guide to the military uniforms, civilian clothing, and equipment worn and used by Soviet soldiers and ...

Publisher: DRA PublishingAuthor(s): David ReynoldsIllustration(s): 300 illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 213 x 306...

"War and Health" explores medical consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Provides a bold new interpretation of the Soviet myth of World War II from its Stalinist origins to its emergence as arguably the supreme myth of s...

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