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100 1 _aYousaf, Mohammad,
_d1937-
245 1 0 _aAfghanistan--the bear trap :
_bthe defeat of a superpower /
_cby Mohammad Yousaf and Mark Adkin.
260 _aHavertown, PA :
_bCasemate,
_c2001.
300 _a[10] unnumbered pages, 243 pages [8] pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aOriginally published as : The bear trap. 1992.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 8 _aContents: 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 tactics—8. Feuding and fighting—9. Kabul, the key—10. The bear attacks—11. Wonder weapons-gunships versus stingers—12. Bear baiting—13. The bear backs off—14. Two disasters—Postscript—Index.
546 _a124
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_xHistory
_ySoviet occupation, 1979-1989.
700 1 _aAdkin, Mark.
700 1 _aYousaf, Mohammad,
_d1937-
_tBear trap.
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