Cambodia is a country that couldn't even maintain their fleet of Mig-21s and L39s in flying condition. For reference countries that maintain or maintained flying slavshit:
>Afghanistan had at least a few warlord operated Mig-21s, L39s and Su-7s still in flying condition in 2002 after 10 years of civil war, the Taliban taking over and the US bombing the shit out of the country.
>South Sudan the literal poorest country on earth still operates 2 L39Cs
>Central African Republic also one of the top 5 poorest on earth operates a squadron of L39s
>Eritrea major league shithole, dictatorship and key Russian ally operates 2 Su-27s for propaganda
>Mozambique also perpetually bottom 5 in GDP has 8 Mig-21s
>Libya which is a failed state with 2 civil war factions operates an absolute shitload of fast jet aircraft.
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might was well write an off the cuff Afghanistan (pre-2001) reading list.
Zinky Boys or Boys in Zinc by Svetlana Alexievich
A journal of the Soviet-Afghan war written by a dissident Soviet journalist. Similar to One Soldiers War but more "Our fresh faced soviet boys are being ground up in a nightmarish quagmire" than "I'm a mobik in a Russian nightmare war"
>Captivity and Conversion .. Soviet POWs in Afghanistan
A study of Soviet POWs and defectors in Afghanistan. Shows a lot of different experiences from defectors ideologically opposed to the war, war profiteers who switched sides for money, those fleeing Dedovshchina and those abandoned in captivity by their government until their own families paid a ransom (about 5 years after the war ended)
>Wings over the Hindu Kush by Lukas Muller
Osprey style book about the Afghan Civil War and all the shenanigans that happen when quasi-feudal warlords get their hands on Soviet fighter-bombers, tanks and SCUD missiles (and the ex-commie soldiers to properly operate them).
>The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan by Tariq Ali
The stuff about the war on terror is so so but the essays about the 90s Taliban, their ideology/formation and their alleged (but also actual) paymasters in Pakistani ISI are great.
>The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
Hopkirk can really set the scene. Probably the most engaging 19th century history book I've read. It also does a good job explaining the historical context while also keeping your attention with examples of daring British explorers and farcical Russian military actions. Also it has the Dr. Najibullah seal of approval.
I could post more but I've had to rope in some weird ones like Jihad by Tom Carew.
Zinky Boys or Boys in Zinc by Svetlana Alexievich
A journal of the Soviet-Afghan war written by a dissident Soviet journalist. Similar to One Soldiers War but more "Our fresh faced soviet boys are being ground up in a nightmarish quagmire" than "I'm a mobik in a Russian nightmare war"
>Captivity and Conversion .. Soviet POWs in Afghanistan
A study of Soviet POWs and defectors in Afghanistan. Shows a lot of different experiences from defectors ideologically opposed to the war, war profiteers who switched sides for money, those fleeing Dedovshchina and those abandoned in captivity by their government until their own families paid a ransom (about 5 years after the war ended)
>Wings over the Hindu Kush by Lukas Muller
Osprey style book about the Afghan Civil War and all the shenanigans that happen when quasi-feudal warlords get their hands on Soviet fighter-bombers, tanks and SCUD missiles (and the ex-commie soldiers to properly operate them).
>The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan by Tariq Ali
The stuff about the war on terror is so so but the essays about the 90s Taliban, their ideology/formation and their alleged (but also actual) paymasters in Pakistani ISI are great.
>The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
Hopkirk can really set the scene. Probably the most engaging 19th century history book I've read. It also does a good job explaining the historical context while also keeping your attention with examples of daring British explorers and farcical Russian military actions. Also it has the Dr. Najibullah seal of approval.
I could post more but I've had to rope in some weird ones like Jihad by Tom Carew.