Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
by Vladislav Tamarov
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Author: Vladislav TamarovEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-11
ISBN: 1580084168
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
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Book Review: The Russian soldier's experience in Afghanistan
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the one book you need to read if you want to know what it was like to be a Russian soldier in Afghanistan. The pictures and prose are gripping. I would love to know how Tamarov got the pictures out. The book is not long. I sat down to start it and was up late finishing it. I myself am a veteran and was amazed at how I could relate, as a soldier and a man, to the descriptions of frustration, boredom and fear. And the descriptions of the various groups of the Mujahadeen offered insights that I have seen nowhere else. Also, Tamarov was Spetz Natz, and the view into that elite unit is priceless. If you want to know what Afghanistan was like for the Russian soldier, or simply what modern warfare is like in the Third World, and its effects on young men, this is the one book you need. At least to start with. The pictures alone are worth the price of the book.
I sent this to a friend of mine, also a Russian, also a veteran of Afghanistan, and all he could say when I asked what he thought was, "My God."
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