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050	0	4	_aDS371 _b.B544 2022
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aRo'i, Yaacov, _e1
245	1	0	_aThe bleeding wound : _bthe Soviet War in Afghanistan and the collapse of the Soviet system / _cYaacov Ro'i.
260			_aStanford, California : _bStanford University Press, _c(c)2022.
300			_a1 online resource : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aCold War International History Project series
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505	0	0	_aThe decision to intervene militarily in Afghanistan -- _tThe course of the war -- _tThe Fortieth Army -- _tThe position of the Soviet political establishment -- _tThe implications of the Soviet-Afghan War for the Soviet military -- _tCoverage of the war in the Soviet media -- _tPublic opinion -- _tThe afgantsy -- _tCentral Asia and the Soviet "Muslim" peoples -- _tThe war and the demise of the Soviet Union.
520	0		_a"This book considers the significance of the the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) to Soviet politics, society, and the military in the twilight of the USSR, and its indirect influence on the evolution of its successor states. Yaacov Ro'i argues that the war had significant effects beyond its direct impact on the large number of Soviet citizens who served in Afghanistan during its course, either as soldiers (afghantsy) sent into Afghanistan to uphold the PDPA Marxist regime that had taken power in Kabul in April 1978, or as advisers and civilian specialists dispatched to Afghanistan to build up and modernize the country on the Soviet model and bring it closer to the Soviet Union. Even if officially the Soviets did not lose the war, the very fact that they were unable to decisively defeat the mujahidin comprised a blow to the self-esteem of the Soviet armed forces and undermined their prestige at home. In this comprehensive examination of the effects of the war on Soviet society and politics, Ro'i considers the portrayal of the war in Soviet media, and the struggles that afghantsy veterans faced as they readapted to civilian life. The war and the way it came to be understood by Soviet citizens also served to highlight the weaknesses of the Soviet regime during glasnost'. Through a detailed account of public opinion surrounding the war and its impact on Soviet politics and society in the Gorbachev era, including extensive interviews that the author conducted with Soviet war veterans in the early 1990s, Ro'i argues that the effects of the war certainly precipitated processes that would tear the country asunder in 1991"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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