Incredibly bold, unexpected and accurate analysis of the Afghan epic, made by a GRU officer who served in Afghanistan! Many of the author’s conclusions are simply stunning; they change our understanding of that war, through the hellish flames of which almost 1 million citizens of the USSR passed. The book, filled with hard truths and killer arguments, proves that socialist Afghanistan was doomed long before the entry of Soviet troops there. And the Limited Contingent itself was doomed, because it was forced to play someone else’s game on someone else’s field. But who imposed it on us? What role did our guys play in this game? Get ready to find out the whole truth...