- PII
- S0321-50750000619-6-1
- DOI
- 10.31857/S50000619-6-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 1 (630)
- Pages
- 55-61
- Abstract
- Afghanistan has added a tragic page to history of the Soviet Union. The reasons which made the USSR to send an army to Afghanistan are analyzed. Military operation was not supposed to last for a long. It was planned, that the Soviet troops would take under the control only the cities. As it has turned out there was no military decision. Nevertheless the Soviet Union has got involved in the war which could not be won.
- Keywords
- Afghanistan, USSR, war, diplomacy
- Date of publication
- 01.01.2010
- Number of purchasers
- 2
- Views
- 1122