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    The Soviet-Afghan War: Another Look
    The Soviet-Afghan War: Another Look
    The Soviet-Afghan War: Another Look
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    The Soviet-Afghan War: Another Look

    By Commander Mark S. Caren

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    This research effort reviews the Soviet military's involvement in Afghanistan from four general, perspectives: (1) systemic problems inherent in the Soviet military culture, (2) the use of surprise, (3) operational maneuver and the preeminence of aviation and (4) employment of mines and chemical weapons as an extension of maneuver warfare. This paper concludes that the lessons of this war have been learned by the Russians. There is every reason to believe that they can achieve the level of doctrinal changes required to be successful in future “local” interventions. It must be accompanied, however, by corresponding socio-military reform.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTannenberg Publishing
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781782897675
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      The Soviet-Afghan War - Commander Mark S. Caren

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      ABSTRACT

      CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION

      CHAPTER II — BACKGROUND

      CHAPTER III — SOVIET MILITARY CULTURE

      NCO CORPS

      ETHNIC INTEGRATION

      HAZING

      CHAPTER IV — SURPRISE AND THE SOVIET INVASION

      CHAPTER V — OPERATIONAL MANEUVER

      CHAPTER VI — CHEMICAL AND MINE WARFARE

      CHEMICAL WARFARE

      MINE WARFARE

      CHAPTER VII — CONCLUSION

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER

      SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

      ABSTRACT

      This research effort reviews the Soviet military's involvement in Afghanistan from four general, perspectives: (1) systemic problems inherent in the Soviet military culture, (2) the use of surprise, (3) operational maneuver and the preeminence of aviation and (4) employment of mines and chemical weapons as an extension of maneuver warfare. This paper concludes that the lessons of this war have been learned by the Russians. There is every reason to believe that they can achieve the level of doctrinal changes required to be successful in future local interventions. It must be accompanied, however, by corresponding socio-military reform.

      THE SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR： ANOTHER LOOK

      CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION

      The Soviet involvement in Afghanistan can be considered to be the initial event of Communism's final steps—a path chosen which would ultimately lead to the repudiation of communism and the dissolution of the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This eight year war underscored the failure of Soviet foreign policy and exposed the illegitimacy of the Brezhnev doctrine.¹ It also highlighted the incompetence and corruption of

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