The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in AfghanistanA groundbreaking account of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, as seen through the eyes of the Russians who fought it, from the former Moscow correspondent for National Public Radio The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a grueling debacle that has striking lessons for the twenty first century. In The Great Gamble, Gregory Feifer examines the conflict from the perspective of the soldiers on the ground. In gripping detail, he vividly depicts the invasion