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▪️Title: #AfghanistanTheBearTrap
▪️Genre:History
▪️Published:1992
▪️Author:M Yousaf &Mark Adkin
▪️Print:Kindle
▪️Description:Memoir of brigadier Yousaf who masterminded training of Afghan mujahideen in their struggle against Soviets in 1980s. Image
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Book makes a number of points. First, hardiness of the Afghans were matched by a style of warfare with almost as many drawbacks as strengths. Second, the Soviet military was poorly disciplined, demoralized, badly led, and unimaginative for most of war.

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