The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan

By Grau, Lester W.

Book Id: WPLBN0000699995
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
Author:	Grau, Lester W.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Asian literature, Writing.
Collections:	Asian Literature Collection, e-Asia Digital Library Collection
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Publisher:	University of Oregon Libraries; E-Asia Digital Library


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Excerpt
Excerpt: FOREWORD; When the Soviet Union decided to invade Afghanistan, they evaluated their chances for success upon their experiences in East Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Unfortunately for their soldiers, as well as the people of Afghanistan, they ignored not only the experiences of the British in the same region, but also their own experience with the Basmachi resistance fighters in Central Asia from 1918-1933.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Foreword, ix -- Acknowledgements, x -- Introduction, ~xi -- Preface, xvii -- Frunze Comments, xxvi -- Frunze Foreword., xxviii -- Chapter 1: Blocking and Destroying Guerrilla Bands, 1 -- An airborne battalion searches Sherkhankel village, 2 -- Searching a populated area in the Charikar Valley, 5 -- Blocking and destroying a guerrilla band in Kunar Province, 9 -- Combing the city of Bamian and its outlying towns during the course of a raid, 11 -- Blocking and searching the green zone of the Arghandab River, 15 -- Blocking, searching for and destroying a guerrilla -- force in Ishkamesh region, 19 -- Sweeping a green zone in Helmand Province, 24 -- Sweeping villages with Afghani and Soviet subunits, 27 -- Sweeping a potential ambush area, 31 -- Blocking, sweeping and destroying the mujahideen in the Varduj Valley., 33 -- Sequential blocking and sweeping of a mountain valley near Anushella, 36 -- Blocking and sweeping an inhabited region, 40 -- Blocking the enemy in an area of villages and then destroying them during the sweep, 44