num_pages: 224
description: This collection of vignettes was written by Soviet junior officers describing their experiences fighting the Mujahideen guerillas. It is not a history of the Soviet-Afghan war, but snapshots of combat as seen by young platoon leaders, company commanders, battalion commanders and military advisers.
language: English
title: The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
titlecomplete: The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
genres: War, International Relations, Nonfiction, Military History, Russian History, Military Fiction, Russia, History
ratings_count: 663
places: Afghanistan
publisher: Routledge