Captivity and conversion: An in-depth study of Soviet POWs in Afghanistan
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Elliott Newton
نام ساير پديدآوران
Graber, Kathryn
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Indiana University
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2015
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
91
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
Committee members: Kuromiya, Hiroaki; Zlotin, Roman
یادداشتهای مربوط به نشر، بخش و غیره
متن يادداشت
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-98897-0
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
M.A.
نظم درجات
Central Eurasian Studies
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
Indiana University
امتياز متن
2015
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
In this thesis, I examine both internal and external pressures Soviet prisoners of war (POWs) experienced prior to their defection and while in captivity. I discuss several driving factors, such as Soviet propaganda tactics, pre-deployment military training, quality of life in Afghanistan, human rights violations, ethnic conflicts and ritualistic hazing (dedovshchina or starikovshchina) that influenced Soviet soldiers to defect from the Red Army. In addition, I observe what issues most compelled some of these soldiers to convert to Islam and settle in Afghanistan rather than return to their homes in the Soviet Union or seek asylum in the West following their release. These factors include the historical treatment of Soviet POWs and psychological trauma. The historical Soviet treatment of POWs played an influential role in the defectors' decisions and why many were afraid to return to their homeland years after the conflict had ended. Psychological trauma resulting from violence against non-combatants seems to have fostered Soviet soldiers' sympathy and respect for the Afghan population before their capture or defection.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Islamic Studies; Russian history; Military studies
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social sciences;Afghanistan;Dedovshchina;POW;PTSD;Soviet;Soviet-afghan war
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