Afghanistan--the bear trap : the defeat of a superpower (Record no. 61424)
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| fixed length control field | 01584nam a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788187330158 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 958.1045 |
| Item number | YOU/A |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Yousaf, Mohammad |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Afghanistan--the bear trap : the defeat of a superpower |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Bookwise India |
| Year of publication | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 243 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This higly contoversial book reveals, for the first time, one of the greatest military, political and financial secrets of recent times. It is nothing less than the true, if fantastic, account of how Pakistan and the USA covertly controlled the largest guerrilla was of this century, dealing to the Soviet Russian presence in Afghanistan a military degeat that has come to be called 'Russia's Vietnam'.<br/>About Author :<br/>Brigadiar Mohammad Yousuf was born in 1937 and, in 1961, was commissioned as an infantry officer into the Frontier Force Regiment, Pakistan Army. Subsequently his career took him through the usual sequence of command and staff appointments., including active service against India. He attended the Command and Staff College at Quetta and the National Defence College at Rawalpindi.<br/>Contents :<br/>Military Symbols used on Maps<br/>Maps<br/>A Note on Sources<br/>Publishers' Note<br/>Introduction<br/>Prologue<br/>Beginnings<br/>The Mujahidden<br/>The Infidels<br/>Another Vietnam<br/>The Role of the CIA<br/>The Pipeline<br/>Training and Tactics<br/>Feuding and Fighting<br/>Kabul, the Key<br/>The Bear Attacks<br/>Wonder Weapons-Gunshps versus Stingers<br/>Bear Baiting<br/>The Bear Backs off<br/>Two Disasters<br/>Postscripts<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Afganistan |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Yousaf, Mohammad, 1937- |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Lost status | |
| Damaged status | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 23/07/2021 | 958.1045 YOU/A | 53398 | BK |