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'.
About Author :
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.
Contents :
Military Symbols used on Maps
Maps
A Note on Sources
Publishers' Note
Introduction
Prologue
Beginnings
The Mujahidden
The Infidels
Another Vietnam
The Role of the CIA
The Pipeline
Training and Tactics
Feuding and Fighting
Kabul, the Key
The Bear Attacks
Wonder Weapons-Gunshps versus Stingers
Bear Baiting
The Bear Backs off
Two Disasters
Postscripts