The Bleeding Wound: The Soviet War in Afghanistan and the Collapse of the Soviet System Ro'i Yaacov
The Bleeding Wound: The Soviet War in Afghanistan and the Collapse of the Soviet System Ro'i Yaacov By the mid-1980s, public opinion in the USSR had begun to turn against Soviet involvement in…
Specifikacia The Bleeding Wound: The Soviet War in Afghanistan and the Collapse of the Soviet System Ro'i Yaacov
The Bleeding Wound: The Soviet War in Afghanistan and the Collapse of the Soviet System Ro'i Yaacov
By the mid-1980s, public opinion in the USSR had begun to turn against Soviet involvement in Afghanistan: the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) had become a long, painful, and unwinnable conflict, one that Mikhail Gorbachev referred to as a "bleeding wound" in a 1986 speech. The war and the difficulties that the returning veterans faced undermined the self-esteem and prestige of the Soviet The eventual decision to withdraw Soviet troops from Afghanistan created a devastating ripple effect within Soviet society that, this book argues, became a major factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union.In this comprehensive survey of the effects of the war on Soviet society and politics, Yaacov Ro'i analyzes the opinions of Soviet citizens on a host of issues connected with the war and documents the systemic change that would occur when Soviet leadership took public opinion into account.
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