At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union decided to intervene militarily in a country as harsh in landscape as it was in lifestyle. Using a conventional force designed for a Warsaw Pact versus NATO showdown on the rolling plains of Central Europe, Soviet planners determined that an offensive operation into Afghanistan would be a quick, easy victory, showcasing Soviet military prowess and establishing control over a landlocked territory bordering six other nations. However, as time would tell, this 1979 incursion into a country roughly the size of Texas was to last for ten years and become what some considered the USSR s version of US involvement in Vietnam.


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    Title :

    Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan: Roadmap to Failure


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English