What if... Soviets hadn't fought Afghans - Dominic Sandbrook

In the spring of 1978, Ponomarev was one of a small number of Politburo members invited on to a secret commission on the problem of Afghanistan, where the local communist regime was facing a growing rebellion from tribal groups hostile to its modernisation drive. Alarmed by the growing anarchy - as well as the threat of Islamic revolution from neighbouring Iran - Soviet officials were pushing for military intervention across the Afghan border. - What if... Soviets hadn't fought Afghans

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