Army

http://starshinazapasa.livejournal.com/223533.html#cutid1 Article by Akrady Babchenko ( http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&tag;=mozilla-20&index;=blended&link;_code=qs&field-keywords;=babchenko ) about how Dedovschina (folk system of seniority based on stage of service, hazing tradition of the russian army ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovschina ) evolved and changed after recent reforms in the russian army

http://starshinazapasa.livejournal.com/223533.html#cutid1 Article by Akrady Babchenko ( http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&tag;=mozilla-20&index;=blended&link;_code=qs&field-keywords;=babchenko ) about how Dedovschina (folk system of seniority based on stage of service, hazing tradition of the russian army ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovschina ) evolved and changed after recent reforms in the russian army

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/world/atwar/winninginafghanistan1.pdf WINNING IN AFGHANISTAN, by CPT Carl Thompson 9 April 2009 /from the must-read sources for american personnel [about to be] deployed in Afghanistan / Exceptionally good article about strategy and leadership. It contains a lot of specifies that are only relevant to military and Afghanistan , but there are enough general points as well. Excellent writing, despite a need to decipher some military lingvo

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/24/tanks_but_no_tanks?page=full Article about current armored vehicle usage policy in Afghanistan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/26/taliban-afghanistan-occupation also see: Part I: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/24/the-taliban-troop-london-jihadists and Part II : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/25/taliban-afghanistan-prison-special-report

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MA20Df02.html article about political situation in Northern Afghanistan, information about Taliban, fragments from an interview with a taliban commander

http://shvil.livejournal.com/105807.html IDF / MILUM photos and story (in russian)