Military history readers, to me! For Moose and Squirrel!

[CountDeMoney]

The Bear Went over the Mountain is a hard read (as in, it really isn't designed to be "readable") and makes some questionable assumptions, but does have the kinds of details that aren't available elsewhere.  As far as I know, no one has written a balanced, incisive account of that war, and given life expectancies in Afghanistan and Russia, it may already be too late.

Good point.  I'm just sketchy about the veracity of Soviet AARs.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Was The Beast ever made into book form?

[C.C.R.]

I came for the moose, but stayed for the squirrel...

[Pishtaco]

I don't have any recommendations, but I just spent a while looking for articles or theses online and thought I might as well share.

The bear went over the mountain:
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/books/Books%20-%201996/Bear%20Went%20Over%20Mountain%20-%20Aug%2096/BrOrMn.pdf
The other side of the mountain (mujahideen AARs):
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA376862&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
Various articles from the same guy:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2001/010900-zhawar.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1998/981100-underground.htm
http://sfr-21.org/sources/afghanistan.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/search?query=grau+afghan&submit=Submit
From a collection of cold war history documents:
http://wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/WP51_Web_Final.pdf
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=va2.browse&sort=Collection&item=Soviet%20Invasion%20of%20Afghanistan
http://wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/ACFAE9.pdf
A couple of overview articles:
http://www.schoolinfosystem.org/pdf/2009/01/2-soviet-afghan19-1.pdf
http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/documents/vol_11/iss_3/CAJ_Vol11.3_10_e.pdf