@article{331273,
      recid = {331273},
      author = {Feifer, Gregory.},
      title = {The great gamble : the Soviet war in Afghanistan /},
      publisher = {Harper,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {326 p. :},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that  has striking lessons for the 21st century. Parallels  between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the U.S.  invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq are impossible to ignore.  The Soviet Union sent some of its most elite troops to  unfamiliar lands to fight a vaguely defined enemy, which  eventually defeated their superior numbers with  unconventional tactics. Although the Soviet leadership  initially saw the invasion as a victory, many Russian  soldiers came to view the war as a demoralizing and  devastating defeat, the consequences of which had a  substantial impact on the Soviet Union and its collapse.  NPR Moscow correspondent Gregory Feifer examines the  conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the  ground. His extensive research includes eye-opening  interviews with participants from both sides of the  conflict, vividly depicting the invasion of a volatile  country that no power has ever successfully  conquered.--From publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/331273},
}