The Soviet-Afghan War - 1979-89

A fully illustrated overview of the USSR''s bloody conflict in Afghanistan and its long legacy. The Soviet invasion of its neighbour Afghanistan in December 1979 sparked a nine-year conflict until Soviet forces withdrew in 1988-89, dooming the communist Afghanistan government to defeat at the hands of the mujahideen, the Afghan popular resistance backed by the USA and other powers. Gregory Fremont-Barnes reveals how the Soviet invasion had enormous implications on the global stage; it prompted the US Senate to refuse to ratify the hard-won SALT II arms-limitation treaty, and the USA and 64 other countries boycotted the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics. For Afghanistan, the invasion served to prolong the interminable civil war that pitted central government against the regions and faction against faction. Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-colour maps and new images throughout, this succinct account explains the origins, events and consequences of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, shedding new light on the more recent history - and prospects - of that troubled country.>

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Fremont-Barnes Gregory
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2024
• EAN: 9781472861801
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-6180-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 210 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Essential Histories; Essential Histories (Osprey Pu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; Afghanistan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, c 1970 to c 1979, Battles & campaigns, c 1970 to c 1980, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General