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Counterinsurgency Case Study I:

The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

1979-1988

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RED THRUST STAR is published for the U.S. forces Command OPFOR Training Program by S-2, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, fort Irwin, CA 92310-5031. The purpose of the RED THRUST STAR is to publish timely, authoritative information on OPFOR training to increase the knowledge and understanding of OPFOR training throughout the Armed Forces.  Many of the article found therein may be valuable to the student seeking to learn more about Soviet operational tactics.

 

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General Information on modern Afghanistan

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Center for Army Lessons Learned (Articles)

Medical Support in a Counter-Guerrilla War: Epidemiological Lessons Learned in the Soviet-Afghan War, by Mr. Lester W. Grau, FMSO, and MAJ William A. Jorgensen, U.S. Army, 1995.

Handling the Wounded in a Counter-Guerrilla War: the Soviet/Russian Experience in Afghanistan and Chechnya, by Mr. Lester W. Grau, FMSO, and William A Jorgensen, DO, 1998.

The Soviet War in Afghanistan: History and Harbinger of Future War, by Mr. Lester W. Grau, FMSO and Mohammed Yahya Nawroz, 1995.

Artillery and Counterinsurgency: The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan, by Mr. Lester W. Grau, FMSO. 

Road Warriors of the Hindu Kush: The Battle for the Lines of Communication in the Soviet-Afghan War, by Mr. Lester W. Grau, FMSO. Warning - This article is graphics intensive! Please be patient.

Mountain Warfare: The Russian Perspective, by LTC John E. Sray, U.S. Army, 1994.

High-desert Ambush: Hard Lessons Learned the Hard Way, by Mr. Lester W. Grau, FMSO, 1994. Warning - This article is graphics intensive! Please be patient.

Mine Warfare and Counterinsurgency: The Russian View by Mr. Lester W. Grau, FMSO.

Underground Combat: Stereophonic Blasting, Tunnel Rats and the Soviet-Afghan War, by Mr. Lester W. Grau, FMSO, and Ali Ahmad Jalali, 1998.

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