Excellent article on Afghanistan

[Anthony_Scott]

Originally Posted by Wdll

Isn't that Keegan's book the one where he tries to look good by bashing Clausewitz?

No, the book central theme is trying to view warfare through the Clausewitz view that warfare is a continuation of official state political policy through another means. Clausewitz understood that politics always motivated warfare.

I have bookmarked the links that were provided and will read them later.The Soviet war in Afghanistan is a virtual unknown and the more that I can learn about it the more I can enlighten my colleagues about it.