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Wings Over the Hindu Kush - Air Forces, Aircraft and Air Warfare of Afghanistan, 1989-2001 (Paperback)
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Wings Over the Hindu Kush - Air Forces, Aircraft and Air Warfare of Afghanistan, 1989-2001 (Paperback)
Series: Asia@War
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This is the story of nine diverse air forces, their aircraft, and
air warfare over Afghanistan in the period between the Soviet
withdrawal of 1989, and the US-led Western intervention in 2001.
Afghanistan is widely considered one of the World's most primitive
and hostile environments. The terrain is rugged and the climate
harsh; in many parts of the country the local society developed
over millennia in total isolation from the outside world; other
areas experienced invasions by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan,
the British Empire, and felt strong influence from Czarist Russia
and then the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Since 1978, the
country has been savaged by an uninterrupted war fought by a host
of diverse parties. The military history of an entire series of
coups of the late 1970s, and the resulting military intervention of
the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was widely published
on over time. On the contrary, the period from 1989 until 2001 is
by far the poorest-recorded. This period encompassed the downfall
of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in the face of a
near-simultaneous dissolution of the USSR, a military coup d'etat
and an onslaught by multiple Pakistan-supported armed opposition
parties in 1992, the sudden emergence of the Taliban and their
rapid take-over of the country in the 1994-1996 period, and their
alliance with al-Qaeda that launched the murderous terror attacks
against the United States of America of 9/11 - in turn provoking an
international military intervention - yet little is known in the
wider public about years that actually shaped the country as we
know it today. Drawing upon a unique set of little-known
recollections, other documentation and a handful of related media
reports collected over the last 20 years, Lukas Muller provides not
only a detailed reconstruction of the war between the armed forces
of diverse local warlords: he provides an intricate story of all
the air forces operated by diverse warlords during the 1990s,
including the unique 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Air Force'
(IEAAF). Emerging from the remnants of the former, 'regular'
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Air Force (DRAAF), reinforced
through defections from diverse of other parties, and supported by
Pakistan, the IEAAF became one of most potent branches of the
Taliban military. While flying an apparent miscellany of worn out
Soviet/Russian-made aircraft, it proved an effective combat force,
exercising a continuously growing impact upon developments on the
battlefield. As usual in the @War series, Wings over Hindu Kush is
richly illustrated with a selection of exclusive photography, more
than a dozen authentic colour artworks, and a similar number of
maps. It provides an exclusive source of reference for enthusiasts
and professionals alike.
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