التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
The Soviet-Afghan War in Fiction. |
| المؤلفون: |
Secker, Tom |
| المصدر: |
American Journal of Economics & Sociology. Mar2017, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p435-457. 23p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*PUBLIC opinion, SOVIET occupation of Afghanistan, 1979-1989, WAR films, TERRORISM, ISLAM, MUJAHIDEEN |
| مستخلص: |
Fictionalized accounts, particularly feature films, about the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s have played a significant role in shaping public opinion about the history of the region and issues related to Islamic militancy. Novels and films in the West have portrayed the Soviet army as brutal and genocidal and the mujahideen who resisted the invaders as 'freedom fighters.' Russian movies have also portrayed the soldiers in a somewhat negative light and the mujahideen as evil terrorists. No fictional treatment has provided enough background to the conflict to reveal that the Russians entered Afghanistan only to provide support to a communist regime that had gained power on its own, and none have revealed the extent of aid from the United States, the United Kingdom, Iran, Pakistan, and China to the mujahideen. The CIA sponsored Charlie Wilson's War, the movie that comes closest to capturing the larger context of the war, but even in that case, crucial elements were removed from early drafts of the script that presented a more complex and accurate picture of the war. In particular, movies have failed to explore the possible links between U.S. support for mujahideen in the 1980s and violent attacks by Islamic extremists since 2001. The one exception is Charlie Wilson's War, where changes to the script had the result of downplaying and trivializing those links. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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