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082			_a958.1045 _bYOU/A
100			_aYousaf, Mohammad
245			_aAfghanistan--the bear trap : the defeat of a superpower
260			_aNew Delhi _bBookwise India _c2017
300			_a243 p.
520			_aThis 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
650			_aAfganistan
650			_aYousaf, Mohammad, 1937-
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