The Soviet-Afghan War is a late 20th-century asymmetric conflict within the broader category of proxy wars, distinguished by the direct military intervention of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989 to support a communist government against indigenous mujahideen insurgents backed by Western and regional powers.
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Soviet–afghan War
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Modern Afghanistan: a history of struggle and survival
Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 192 citations · Full text
War, politics and society in Afghanistan, 1978-1992
Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 115 citations
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- LWLester W. Grau
United States Army Command and General Staff College, United States
6 publications · 250 citations
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- HSHenry S. Bradsher
3 publications · 96 citations
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Columbia University
New York, United States
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2 publications
38 citations
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
23 citations
United States Department of the Army
Arlington, United States
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2 publications
40 citations
World Health Organization - Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan
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2 publications
77 citations
Ministry of Public Health
Kabul, Afghanistan
1 h-index
1 publications
13 citations
United States Army War College
Carlisle, United States
1 h-index
1 publications
25 citations
National Opinion Research Center
Chicago, United States
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1 publications
27 citations
University of Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
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15 citations
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 24 publications · 1.4K citations
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- Foreign Affairs
8 publications · 263 citations
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- Central Asian Survey
6 publications · 141 citations
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- Asian Survey
5 publications · 70 citations
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- Pacific Affairs
4 publications · 109 citations
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