Format:
144 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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25 cm
ISBN:
9781472861801
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1472861809
Series Statement:
Essential histories [75]
Content:
The USSR's invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 sparked a nine-year conflict until Soviet forces withdrew, dooming the communist Afghanistan government to defeat at the hands of the Mujahideen, the country's popular resistance backed by the United States and other powers. Gregory Fremont-Barnes examines the distrous invasion and its enormous implications on the global stage, most significantly its exposure of fatal defects in the Soviet political structure, which played a decisive role in the disintegration of the USSR. For Afghanistan, Soviet occupation prolonged the existing bitter civil war, which by 1996 left the Taliban in control and laid the foundation for NATO/ISAF intervention in 2001. Its significance often overlooked, the Soviet-Afghan War marks one of the seminal events of the late 20th century. Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-colour maps and new images throughout, this succinct account explains the origins, events and consequences of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 138-141
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472861818
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472861849
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472861825
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472861832
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Political Science
Keywords:
Afghanistan-Konflikt
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