What America Could Learn from Russia in Afghanistan
It is observed that the Soviet Army was completely unprepared to fight a counter-insurgency war.
Lyle J. Goldstein is Research Professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the United States Naval War College in Newport, RI. In addition to Chinese, he also speaks Russian and he is also an affiliate of the new Russia Maritime Studies Institute (RMSI) at Naval War College. You can reach him at [email protected]. The opinions in his columns are entirely his own and do not reflect the official assessments of the U.S. Navy or any other agency of the U.S. government.
This article first appeared in 2018 and is being reprinted for reader interest.
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