- Military Journalism, Journalism, Military, Military History, Environmental aspects
"From 1979 to 1989 a million Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,000 casualties - and the youth and humanity of many tens of thousands more.
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Grave, earnest, overwhelming and bleak.
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- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Светлана Алексиевич
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 308
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., edizioni e/o, Penguin Books, Limited
- Editions
- 27
- Language
- Spanish, Russian, English, Italian
- ISBN
- 9780393034158
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