The Soviet-Afghan War, Militaria
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The Soviet-Afghan War
MODERN WAR STUDIES
Theodore A. Wilson
General Editor
Raymond A. Callahan
J. Garry Clifford
Jacob W. Kipp
Jay Luvaas
Allan R. Millett
Carol Reardon
Dennis Showalter
Series Editors
The
Soviet-Afghan War
How a Superpower Fought and Lost
The Russian General Staff
Translated and edited by
Lester W. Grau and Michael A. Cress
Foreword by Theodore C. Mataxis
University Press of Kansas
The Russian General Staff authors' collective is headed by Colonel
Professor Valentin Runov, candidate of history. Members of the
authors' collective include P. D. Alexseyev, Yu. G. Avdeev, Yu. P.
Babich, A. M. Fufaev, B. P. Gruzdev, V. S. Kozlov, V. I. Litvinnenko,
N. S. Nakonechnyy, V. K. Puzel', S. S. Sharov, S. F. Tsybenko, V. M.
Varushinin, P. F. Vazhenko, V. F. Yashin, and V. V. Zakharov.
© 2002 by the University Press of Kansas
All rights reserved
Published by the University Press of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas 66049), which was or-
ganized by the Kansas Board of Regents and is operated and funded by Emporia State Uni-
versity, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, the
University of Kansas, and Wichita State University.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Soviet-Afghan War : how a superpower fought and lost: the Russian General
Staff / translated and edited by Lester W. Grau and Michael A. Gress ; foreword by
Theodore C. Mataxis.
p. cm. — (Modern war studies)
Translated from Russian.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-7006-1185-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7006-1186-X (paper : alk. paper)
1. Afghanistan—History—Soviet occupation, 1979-1989. 2. Soviet
Union—Military policy. 3. Soviet Union—History, Military. I. Grau,
Lester W. II. Gress, Michael A. III. Series.
DS371.2.S665 2002
958.104'5—dc21
2001006560
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Printed in the United States of America
10 9876543
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American
National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984.
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