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xvi, 251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
This book is a cultural history of the Soviet experience of the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-89). After an introductory chapter offering an overview of the war, the MS focuses on how it was experienced by Soviet soldiers and civilians. Chapters address the military experience in Afghanistan, opposition at home (drawing predominantly on the archives of the KGB in Ukraine), propaganda and representations of the war in Soviet film (a particularly strong chapter according to reviewers). Looking across these various domains, the author argues that the evident gap between rhetoric and reality in the Soviet prosecution of the war undermined public support not just for the war but for the Soviet state in its entirety. In the conclusion, he looks at some of the more telling continuities between the Soviet quagmire in Afghanistan and the current Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"Under No Circumstances May We Lose Afghanistan": From the "Great Game" to the Soviet-Afghan War -- "I Brought My Truth Back in a Plastic Bag": Soviet Soldiers in the Soviet-Afghan War -- "We Do Not Want Our Sons to Become Sacrifices in Afghanistan": Opposition to the Soviet-Afghan War in the USSR -- "Children Are the Intended Victims of Soviet Land Mine Campaign": Propaganda in the Soviet-Afghan War -- "Eh, Tolian, We Are All 'Cargo 300'": Reel War - The Soviet-Afghan War on Screen -- "The Almond Trees Were in Blossom in Termez": Legacies of the Soviet-Afghan War.
Includes bibliographical references and index.