The Bear Went Over the Mountain is a collection of vignettes
written by Soviet junior officers describing their experiences
fighting the Mujahideen guerrillas. The material was originally
collected and published by the Frunze Combined Arms Staff College
to serve as a text on combat against a guerrilla force in
mountain-desert terrain. It was originally intended for internal
use only and as such provides examples of both good and bad
military practice. The hard lessons learned are not specifically
'Russian' in nature and many of the same mistakes and successes
would apply equally to the American Army in Vietnam. Indeed, the
knowledge gained from these reports should also apply to future
conflicts involving civil war, guerrilla forces and rugged terrain.
This is not a history of the Soviet-Afghan War, but rather a series
of snapshots of combat as seen by young platoon leaders, company
commanders, battalion commanders and military advisers. It is an
intimate look at the boring, brutal business of counterinsurgency
punctuated by moments of heady excitement and terror.
Colonel Grau, the editor and translator, has added his own
commentary to produce a useful guide for commanders to meet the
challenges of this kind of war and to help keep his fellow soldiers
alive. This book will also be of interest to the historian and
general reader, who will discover that advances in technology have
had little impact on this kind of war, and that many of the same
tactics the British Army used on the Northwest Frontier still apply
today.
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