The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition] The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition]

The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War [Illustrated Edition‪]‬

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Illustrated with over a hundred maps.
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, few experts believed that the fledgling Mujahideen resistance movement had a chance of withstanding the modern, mechanized, technologically-advanced Soviet Army. Most stated that resistance was futile and that the Soviet Union had deliberately expanded their empire to the south. The Soviet Union had come to stay. Although some historians looked at the British experience fighting the Afghan mountain tribesmen, most experts discounted any parallels since the Soviet Union possessed an unprecedented advantage in fire power, technology and military might. Although Arab leaders and the West supplied arms and material to the Mujahideen, they did so with the hope of creating a permanent, bleeding ulcer on the Soviet flank, not defeating the Soviet Union. They did not predict that the Soviet Union would voluntarily withdraw from Afghanistan in 1989.
There have been few studies of guerrilla warfare from the guerrilla’s perspective. To capture this perspective and the tactical experience of the Mujahideen, the United States Marine Corps commissioned this study and sent two retired combat veterans to interview Mujahideen. The authors were well received and generously assisted by various Mujahideen who willingly talked about their long, bitter war. The authors have produced a unique book which tells the guerrillas’ story as interpreted by military professionals. This is a book about small-unit guerrilla combat. This is a book about death and survival, adaptation and perseverance.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2014
August 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
402
Pages
PUBLISHER
Tannenberg Publishing
SELLER
INscribe Digital
SIZE
17.4
MB

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