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Afgantsy : the Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-1989.

The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. Afghan mujahideen upset their plans, holding on with little more than natural fighting skills, until CIA agents came t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Braithwaite, Rodric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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