http://www.amazon.com/The-Soviet-Afghan-War-Superpower-Fought/dp/070061186X/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1334774824&sr=8-7
http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=176847
The Bear Went Over the Mountain. The parallels between Soviet and American tactics with regards to Afghanistan are head-shakingly bad
Originally Posted By Chaingunzz:
The Bear Went Over the Mountain. The parallels between Soviet and American tactics with regards to Afghanistan are head-shakingly bad
And it's companion
The Other Side of the Mountain. Both were commissioned by the USMC and are available in .pdf on line for free.
If you're looking for interesting battle stories,
The Only Thing Worth Dying For,
Horse Soldiers, and
Lions of Kandahar are good reads.
Ghost Wars explains how messed up the admin before President Bush was l (with respect to intel and national security) and how UBL (and therefore the US) ended up in Afghanistan
+1 on Ghost Wars and The Bear Went Over the Mountain. Boots On the Ground by Dick Camp has a few chapters with regards to end of the Soviet era also.
ETA: Operation Anaconda: America's First Major Battle in Afghanistan by Les Grau(The Bear Went Over the Mountain) also has a few chapters on the Soviet era.
