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Author:

Yousaf, Mohammad, 1937-

Title:

Afghanistan--the bear trap : the defeat of a superpower / by Mohammad Yousaf and Mark Adkin.

Publisher:

Casemate,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

243 p. [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.

Other Authors:

Adkin, Mark.
Yousaf, Mohammad, 1937- Bear trap.

Notes:

Originally published as: The bear trap. 1992. Includes index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Prologue -- Beginnings -- The Mujahideen -- The Infidels -- The Role of the CIA -- The Pipeline -- Training and Tactics -- Feuding and Fighting -- Kabul, the Key -- The Bear Attacks -- Wonder Weapons - Gunships versus Stingers -- Bear Baiting -- The Bear Backs Off -- Two Disasters -- Postscript -- Index.

ISBN:

9780971170926
0971170924

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48799283

LCCN:

2002277205

Locations:

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)