Borovik, Artyom

New York. 1990. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1st American Printing. Some Foxing to Top and Side Edge, Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 0871132834. 288 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Afghanistan Russia War. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In the spring 1988 Artyom Borovik's firsthand accounts of the Soviet war in Afghanistan appeared in Life, Actuel in France, and Stern in Germany. Borovik lived and traveled with the Russian soldiers, went into combat with them, and experienced the terror, helplessness, and despair of waging a war in a foreign land against an unseen enemy for unclear purposes. The Hidden War chronicles how and why the Soviets went into Afghanistan in 1979; provides dramatic, heart-wrenching tales of several Soviet deserters who were smuggled out of by the mujahedin and ended up in America - disoriented, disheartened, and lost; and concludes with an account of the Russian withdrawal and the aftermath. This landmark book provides the first glimpse inside the monolith that is the Soviet military machine and offers compelling portraits of individual Soviet soldiers. But what makes The Hidden War truly extraordinary is its timeless, poignant evocation of the horror of war at all times and in all places. inventory #15201 ISBN: 0871132834.