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Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan by Artyom Borovik
allynfolksjr's review against another edition
4.0
Borovik's book is one of the very few primary sources of the Soviet-Afghan written in English, and is invaluable in shedding additional light onto the USSR's VIetnam-ish quagmire. The advent of Glasnost made this work possible, and is written focusing on the mid-1980s and beyond. The author weaves together interviews of soldiers with his own experiences to put yourself among those charged with fighting in a foreign land for an indeterminate goal.
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