132,585
edits
Changes
no edit summary
==History==
__NOTOC__
{{newreview
|author=Rodric Braithwaite
|title=Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-89
|rating=4
|genre=History
|summary=In 1979, the Soviet Union decided to move into Afghanistan, and special forces killed the Afghan president. What was initially planned as a fairly modest expedition which would see them stabilise the government, train up the army and police, and then withdraw within a year, turned into a war lasting nearly a decade which left both the Russian army and the Afghan civilians counting the cost of the intervention and with their lives changed forever. What went wrong, and why has Afghanistan proved such a difficult place for foreign powers – ranging from the British in the 19th century, to the Russians in this book, to the current armies engaged in the country – to get any sort of foothold?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846680549</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Stephanie Williams