ISBN: 9798765006634

Description:

• 1 audio file : digital
• digital
• digital stereo
• audio file

Notes:

• "First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books"--T.p. verso.
• Electronic audio file.
• Read by Derek Perkins.
• Electronic reproduction. Old Saybrook Tantor Media, Incorporated 2022 Available via World Wide Web.

Contents:

• Prologue
• The road to Kabul
• Paradise lost
• The tragedy begins
• The decision to intervene
• The storming of the palace
• Aftermath
• The disasters of war
• The 40th Army goes to war
• The nationbuilders
• Soldiering
• Fighting
• Devastation and disillusion
• The long goodbye
• Going home
• The road to the bridge
• The war continues
• A land fit for heroes
• Epilogue: The reckoning
• Annex 1: Timeline
• Annex 2: Order of battle of the 40th Army
• Annex 3: The Alliance of Seven and its leaders
• Annex 4: Indo-China, Vietnam, Algeria, Afghanistan : a comparison.

Control Number: 3203759

Subjects:

• Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 -- Social aspects.
• Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
• Russians -- Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century.
• Soldiers -- Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century.
• Soldiers -- Soviet Union -- History.
• Soviet Union. Sovetskai͡a Armii͡a -- History.
• Soviet Union. Sovetskai͡a Armii͡a -- Military life -- History.
• Soviets (People) -- Afghanistan -- History.

Genre:

• Electronic audio books.
• Sound recordings.

Other Authors:

• OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
• Overdrive.