BOOK REVIEW – Paperback
by Ali Ahmad Jalali (Author)
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, few experts believed the fledgling Mujahideen resistance movement had a chance of withstanding the modern, mechanized onslaught of the Soviet Army. But somehow, the Mujahideen prevailed against a larger and decisively better equipped foe. No one predicted the Soviet Union would withdraw in defeat in 1989.
With more than 100 first-hand reports from Mujahideen combat veterans and maps illustrating locations and disposition of forces, this book is a tactical look at a decentralized army of foot-mobile guerrillas as they wage war against a superior force. Learn about Mujahideen ambushes, raids, shelling attacks, fights against heliborne insertions, attacks on Soviet strong points, and urban combat in this rare look at the Soviet-Afghan conflict.
Categories: Afghanistan, Asia, Central Asia, Russia
I was in Afghanistan in the good old Royal Days, before all that trouble.
Actually, whenever I left a country it went downhill. Pakistan was ok during Field Marshall Ayub Khan, when I was there. So was Nigeria during the early days of the oil boom. And Thailand during the time of the father of the present King.
Ah well, not my fault …