The Great Gamble : The Soviet War in Afghanistan (Record no. 64033)
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| fixed length control field | 01443nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 958.1045 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Feifer, Gregory |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Great Gamble : The Soviet War in Afghanistan |
| Statement of responsibility | Gregory Feifer |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | Fifth Edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | GHQ, Rawalpindi |
| Name of publisher | Services Book Club |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 326 Pages |
| Other physical details | 22x14 cm |
| -- | HB |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Illustration, Note, Bibliography and Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the 21st century. Parallels between the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq are impossible to ignore. The Soviet Union sent some of its most elite troops to unfamiliar lands to fight a vaguely defined enemy, which eventually defeated their superior numbers with unconventional tactics. Although the Soviet leadership initially saw the invasion as a victory, many Russian soldiers came to view the war as a demoralizing and devastating defeat, the consequences of which had a substantial impact on the Soviet Union and its collapse. NPR Moscow correspondent Gregory Feifer examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. His extensive research includes eye-opening interviews with participants from both sides of the conflict, vividly depicting the invasion of a volatile country. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Soviet Union |
| -- | Afghanistan |
| -- | Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2021-10-08 | CRV/183/GHQ/GPLM | 958.1045 F297G 2010 | 66594 | Books |