Behind The Iron Curtain: Rules for the Soviet Military Contingent In Afghanistan
This rule book was issued in 1987 for the Soviet Military Contingent in Afghanistan. The Soviets still had two bloody years left before the last troops made it home. Not getting drafted to serve in Afghanistan was probably the only benefit of being Jewish that ever materialized in all off my life in the USSR. Thousands of others weren’t so lucky and over 15,000 didn’t come home.
Not much changed since then and now the American troops who are stationed on the old Soviet base in Bagram may find these tips useful as ever.