Identification and evaluation of sources
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan was a military expedition executed by the Soviet Union through the years of 1979 to 1989. The invasion was considered extremely controversial by many countries and even the residents of the Soviet Union thought it was controversial as well. The question for this investigation is: “Was the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan executed to help out the unstable Afghani socialist government or was it just Soviet imperialism?” Due to the controversy that surrounds this topic it will be a good choice to use two sources from both sides of the conflict. The two sources that will be used are Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982 by Mohammed Kakar and …show more content…
The primary and secondary sources provided a large amount of knowledge on the justification for the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, but there were some limitations to the overall accuracy of the sources. By accuracy I mean the amount of bias that is represented in the work. The consideration of how accurate a source was due to the bias present in it made me able to understand and appreciate the struggles that a historian must go through when they are conducting an investigation. The secondary source that was used in this investigation was: Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982. The book provided a first-hand account of the events that transpired previously to the invasion, which gave me a view from the author’s eyes. A view from the author’s own perspective assisted me in making my own personal analysis on the situation rather than rely on the analysis provided in a secondary source, for example. The problem with relying on the author’s personal account of the events that occurred is that they have a bias either for or against a certain aspect of the event. An example would be that the author of the book, Muhammad Kakar, was imprisoned by the socialist government due to his dislike of the government. Muhammad then shows, in his writing, a distaste for the socialist regime set in place. This distaste would then move to the final Soviet invasion because they are attempting to keep the regime in power. This view would lead to a rather skewed analysis of the invasion, where it would be against the
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan was a military expedition executed by the Soviet Union through the years of 1979 to 1989. The invasion was considered extremely controversial by many countries and even the residents of the Soviet Union thought it was controversial as well. The question for this investigation is: “Was the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan executed to help out the unstable Afghani socialist government or was it just Soviet imperialism?” Due to the controversy that surrounds this topic it will be a good choice to use two sources from both sides of the conflict. The two sources that will be used are Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982 by Mohammed Kakar and …show more content…
The primary and secondary sources provided a large amount of knowledge on the justification for the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, but there were some limitations to the overall accuracy of the sources. By accuracy I mean the amount of bias that is represented in the work. The consideration of how accurate a source was due to the bias present in it made me able to understand and appreciate the struggles that a historian must go through when they are conducting an investigation. The secondary source that was used in this investigation was: Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982. The book provided a first-hand account of the events that transpired previously to the invasion, which gave me a view from the author’s eyes. A view from the author’s own perspective assisted me in making my own personal analysis on the situation rather than rely on the analysis provided in a secondary source, for example. The problem with relying on the author’s personal account of the events that occurred is that they have a bias either for or against a certain aspect of the event. An example would be that the author of the book, Muhammad Kakar, was imprisoned by the socialist government due to his dislike of the government. Muhammad then shows, in his writing, a distaste for the socialist regime set in place. This distaste would then move to the final Soviet invasion because they are attempting to keep the regime in power. This view would lead to a rather skewed analysis of the invasion, where it would be against the