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Afghanistan : A Russian Soldier's Story by Vladislav Tamarov (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-10
1580084168
ISBN-13
9781580084161
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2156402

Product Key Features

Book Title
Afghanistan : a Russian Soldier's Story
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asia / Central Asia, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Asia / General, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Vladislav Tamarov
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-267889
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
958.104/5
Synopsis
In 1984 Tamarov, then 19, was drafted into the Soviet Army and posted to Afghanistan where he spent 20 months in a minesweeper outfit. Despite heavy operational responsibilities and danger, he managed to take artful photographs which capture the stark landscape, friendly and unfriendly Afghans and the men of his platoon in action and in repose. Photographs depicting the haunted faces of both soldiers and civilians, the country's rugged yet beautiful mountain terrain, and the banality of daily life between missions are interspersed with Tamarov's unsentimental but passionate prose, in which he reveals his growing disorientation and takes to task his government for a campaign that has been widely dubbed "the Soviet Vietnam". Returning home uninjured in 1986, the author subsequently traveled to the United States, met with Vietnam vets and paid his respects at the Wall on the Mall in Washington, D.C., sharing with his new acquaintances "something which others cannot understand." More than a photographic essay, Afghanistan offerns an stunningly personal view of combat that is rarely seen by most., In 1984 Tamarov, then 19, was drafted into the Soviet Army and posted to Afghanistan where he spent 20 months in a minesweeper outfit. Despite heavy operational responsibilities and danger, he managed to take artful photographs which capture the stark landscape, friendly and unfriendly Afghans and the men of his platoon in action and in repose. Photographs depicting the haunted faces of both soldiers and civilians, the country's rugged yet beautiful mountain terrain, and the banality of daily life between missions are interspersed with Tamarov's unsentimental but passionate prose, in which he reveals his growing disorientation and takes to task his government for a campaign that has been widely dubbed "the Soviet Vietnam". Returning home uninjured in 1986, the author subsequently traveled to the United States, met with Vietnam vets and paid his respects at the Wall on the Mall in Washington, D.C., sharing with his new acquaintances "something which others cannot understand."More than a photographic essay, Afghanistan offerns an stunningly personal view of combat that is rarely seen by most.
LC Classification Number
DS371.2.T35 2001

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by oneblindcat10 Sep, 2008
Excellent book
This is by far the best book I've read on the Russian afghan war yet. The author uses clean, concise writing to give a searing personal view of the war from a soldier's viewpoint. The photographs are professional-quality, intense and intimate. Tamarov has the raw natural writer's talent of allowing his reader to put the book down and remember Afghanistan as if the reader had been there in person. The entire book is one true work of art.

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