Afghan Tales: Stories from Russia's Vietnam

By Oleg Ermakov

Book Overview

A collection of short stories probes the legacy of Russia's involvement in Afghanistan, examining the lives of a schoolmistress in a rural hamlet, a young man awaiting conscription, and a wounded... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688123945
• ISBN13: 9780688123949
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Gritty war narratives

The dust, sweat, danger, and fatigue of soldiering in the Afghan plains and mountains comes through vividly, as does something of the social dynamics of Soviet infantry units.Strong sense of the least glamorous aspects of combat and military life.