Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War -- Svetlana Alexievich, Paperback Tyler Merritt and she writes books for

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Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War -- Svetlana Alexievich, Paperback Tyler Merritt and she writes books forBefore the United States' invasion, a million Soviet troops fought a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,000 casualties and the youth and humanity of many tens of thousands more. The Soviet Union talked about a "peacekeeping" mission, while the dead were shipped back in zinc lined coffins. In this new translation, Zinky Boys weaves together the candid and affecting testimony of the officers and grunts, doctors and nurses, mothers, sons, and