Afghanistan
Subtitle: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 3, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780520208933
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; International relations; Political oppression & persecution; War & defence operations; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; History - General History; History; History: World; Afghanistan; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Asia - General; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Middle East - General; History / Middle East
First sentence: At half past six on the evening of Thursday, 27 December 1979, an explosion occurred in the central part of the general communications system in the city of Kabul.