Description: Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War Author: Svetlana Alexievich Title: Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War Publication: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992 Description: Paperback. New softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (6 x 0.7 x 9 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Text is in a diary format. Includes a short glossary. 220 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New. From 1979 to 1989 a million Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,000 casualties--and the youth and humanity of many tens of thousands more. Creating controversy and outrage when it was first published in the USSR--it was called by reviewers there a "slanderous piece of fantasy" and part of a "hysterical chorus of malign attacks"--Zinky Boys presents the candid and affecting testimony of the officers and grunts, nurses and prostitutes, mothers, sons, and daughters who describe the war and its lasting effects. What emerges is a story that is shocking in its brutality and revelatory in its similarities to the American experience in Vietnam. The Soviet dead were shipped back in sealed zinc coffins (hence the term "Zinky Boys"), while the state denied the very existence of the conflict. Svetlana Alexievich brings us the truth of the Soviet-Afghan War: the beauty of the country and the savage Army bullying, the killing and the mutilation, the profusion of Western goods, the shame and shattered lives of returned veterans. Zinky Boys offers a unique, harrowing, and unforgettably powerful insight into the realities of war. Seller ID: 1015 Subject: War The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Book Title: Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
Author: Svetlana Alexievich
Language: English
ISBN: 9780393336863
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Year: 1992
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