Radio War Nerd EP99—Soviet-Afghan War 1979-1989

Co-hosts Gary Brecher & Mark Ames

An episode of the War Nerd Radio — Subscriber Feed podcast, hosted by Gary Brecher, titled "Radio War Nerd EP99—Soviet-Afghan War 1979-1989" was published on August 31, 2017 and runs 158 minutes.

August 31, 2017 ·158m · War Nerd Radio — Subscriber Feed

Summary

With Trump re-surging in Afghanistan, in America's longest war ever, the War Nerd and Ames look back at the Soviet experience in the 1980s and dispel some  myths. The Soviet war in Afghanistan was not as devastating as has been popularly claimed, and it did not cause the USSR to collapse. And wars can go on for as long as leaders want them to and as long as the money press keeps pumping, unless there's organized political pushback...

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