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The battle for Afghanistan : the Soviets Versus the Mujahideen during the 1980s / Mohammad Yousaf & Mark Adkin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2007. Description: [10], 243 p., [8] of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781844156160
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS371.2. Y687 2007
Contents:
Contents: Military symbols used on maps—Maps—A note on sources—Publisher’s note—Introduction—Prologue—1. Beginnings—2. The Mujahideen—3. The infidels—4. Another Vietnam—5. The role of the CIA—6. The pipeline—7. Training and tractics—8. Feuding and fighting—9. Kabul, the dey—10. The bear attacks—11. Wonder weapons-gunships versus stingers—12. Bear baiting—13. The bear backs off—14. Two disasters—Postscript—Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS371.2.Y687 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000352970
Total holds: 0

"First published in 1992 by Casemate, reprinted in 2001"—reverse of title page.

Contents: Military symbols used on maps—Maps—A note on sources—Publisher’s note—Introduction—Prologue—1. Beginnings—2. The Mujahideen—3. The infidels—4. Another Vietnam—5. The role of the CIA—6. The pipeline—7. Training and tractics—8. Feuding and fighting—9. Kabul, the dey—10. The bear attacks—11. Wonder weapons-gunships versus stingers—12. Bear baiting—13. The bear backs off—14. Two disasters—Postscript—Index.

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