Table of Contents

Introduction
Origins
Initial Strategy
The Plan
The Raid
Analysis
Further Reading
Index

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The most authoritative history available in English of the opening move in the Soviet-Afghan War, a textbook success for the Spetsnaz and KGB and the start of a terrible strategic blunder for the USSR.

About the Author

Professor Mark Galeotti is a scholar of Russian security with a career spanning academia, government and business, a prolific author and frequent media commentator. He is the author of several books on Russia for Osprey Publishing, including Putin's Wars and Forged in War.

Mark Stacey has been a freelance illustrator since 1987, specialising in all periods of military history. He now lives and works in Cornwall.

Johnny Shumate has been a freelance illustrator since 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor.