Gregory Feifer
American journalist and author known for reporting on Russia and Central Asia; author of The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan and other longform works on Soviet/post-Soviet affairs.
Books
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1. The Great Gamble
The Soviet War in Afghanistan
A concise, narrative account of the Soviet Union’s decade-long intervention in Afghanistan that examines the political misjudgments, military blunders, and brutal tactics that turned a limited operation into a costly quagmire; drawing on archives and interviews, it follows how Moscow underestimated Afghan resistance, how external support for the mujahideen from the United States, Pakistan and others escalated the conflict, and how the war’s human and political toll weakened the Soviet state while leaving Afghanistan devastated and a breeding ground for future instability.
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