The Bear Went Over the Mountain · Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan

The Bear Went Over the Mountain · Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
Authors
Grau, Lester W.
Publisher
Tales End Press
Tags
counter-insurgency , guerrilla warfare , war , russian army , soviet union , afghanistan , history , soviet-afghan war , military history
ISBN
9781623580506
Date
1996-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
3.72 MB
Lang
en
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This collection of vignettes was written by Soviet junior officers describing their experiences fighting the Mujahideen guerillas. It is not a history of the Soviet-Afghan war, but snapshots of combat as seen by young platoon leaders, company commanders, battalion commanders and military advisers.