The Soviet-Afghan War: Another Look
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Commander Mark S. Caren
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The Soviet-Afghan War - Commander Mark S. Caren
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II — BACKGROUND
CHAPTER III — SOVIET MILITARY CULTURE
NCO CORPS
ETHNIC INTEGRATION
HAZING
CHAPTER IV — SURPRISE AND THE SOVIET INVASION
CHAPTER V — OPERATIONAL MANEUVER
CHAPTER VI — CHEMICAL AND MINE WARFARE
CHEMICAL WARFARE
MINE WARFARE
CHAPTER VII — CONCLUSION
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABSTRACT
This research effort reviews the Soviet military's involvement in Afghanistan from four general, perspectives: (1) systemic problems inherent in the Soviet military culture, (2) the use of surprise, (3) operational maneuver and the preeminence of aviation and (4) employment of mines and chemical weapons as an extension of maneuver warfare. This paper concludes that the lessons of this war have been learned by the Russians. There is every reason to believe that they can achieve the level of doctrinal changes required to be successful in future local
interventions. It must be accompanied, however, by corresponding socio-military reform.
THE SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR: ANOTHER LOOK
CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION
The Soviet involvement in Afghanistan can be considered to be the initial event of Communism's final steps—a path chosen which would ultimately lead to the repudiation of communism and the dissolution of the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This eight year war underscored the failure of Soviet foreign policy and exposed the illegitimacy of the Brezhnev doctrine.¹ It also highlighted the incompetence and corruption of