![]() ![]() The West (the United States under President Ronald Regan and Britain under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as well as other allies) responded by sending arms and personnel to arm and train the mujahedeen to resist and fight against the Soviets. ![]() In December 1979, under the rule of Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, to preserve a shaky Communist Afghan government (People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan) that was being challenged by the growing popularity of Islamic fundamentalism (a reaction against Afghan communists) and the growing strength of the “mujahedeen” – Islamic holy warriors. The backdrop of this story is the Soviet invasion and subsequent occupation of Afghanistan in 1979, the USSR’s eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan and events beyond. ![]() Special Forces: Soldiers (1980-1989) is not gay romance or erotica, but it is a story of love, hate, violence, revenge, devotion, friendship and loyalty between Dan McFadyen an officer in the British Special Forces (SAS) and Vadim Krasnorada a Spetsnaz (Special Forces) officer of the Soviet Red Army. It is anything but a light read so I managed a couple of chapters at a time and then had to stop reading and think about things. ![]() It took me a little over a month to read Cycle I of Special Forces entitled Soldiers (1980-1989), by co-authors Marquesate and Aleksandr Voinov (writing as Vashtan), all nineteen chapters and almost five hundred pages. ![]()
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