Limited contingent

"There was not a single Soviet soldier left behind me ...
These words of the last commander of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan, Lieutenant General B.V. Gromova February 15, 1989 ended the Afghan war. The war that lasted ten long years ...
Author of this book, Colonel General B.V. Gromov, a total of five and a half years served in Afghanistan. Under his leadership, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan was planned and carried out. But the book that you hold in your hands is not only the memories of the last Oksva commander. Based on many documents, the author analyzes the reasons for the input of the 40th Army into the territory of Afghanistan, talks about the hostilities, problems and failures of the limited continent of the Soviet troops