Battle for Afghanistan

The Soviets Versus the Mujahideen During the 1980s

von Mark Adkin, Mohammad Yousaf

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Guerrilla warfare and Cold War geopolitics collide as Afghan Mujahideen, backed by Pakistan and the United States, topple Soviet forces and shape postwar AfghanistanThis is the story of the defeat of Soviet Russia's forces in Afghanistan by a guerrilla force known as the Mujahideen, heavily backed by Pakistan and the USA. The Mujahideen paved the way for the Taliban regime, to exist having all but defeated the Russian Army in the late 80's.The author, Brigadier Mohammad Yousaf, was head of the Afghan Bureau of Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence and as such was effectively the Mujahideen's commander-in-chief. He controlled the flow of thousands of tons of arms across Pakistan and into its occupied neighbor, arms that were bought with CIA and Saudi Arabian funds from the USA. One of the Mujahideen's close allies was none other than Osama Bin Laden.This compelling book was put together with great skill the by military historian, Mark Adkin in conjunction with Brigadier Mohammad Yousaf and is essential reading for anyone interested in the truth behind the Afghanistan War which led to the conditions that exist there today.A hardback edition of this book was published by Casemate in 2001 under the title Afghanistan: The Bear Trap.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Besondere Kriege und militärische Feldzüge Konflikte nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
• ISBN: 9781844156160
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2007
• Größe: 233 x 154 mm
• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books