Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan

by Elisabeth Leake

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A new global history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - an invasion whose consequences are still felt in Afghanistan and across the wider world

On 24 December 1979, Soviet armed forces entered Afghanistan, beginning an occupation that would last almost a decade and creating a political crisis that shook the world. To many observers, the Soviet invasion showed the lengths to which one of the world's superpowers would go...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198846010

ISBN13:9780198846017

Release Date:July 2022

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.9" x 8.7"

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