Review for the Volume “Războiul sovieto-afgan [1979-1989]. Studiu de istorie verbală. Percepţii. Documente” Soviet-Afghan War [1979-1989]. Study of Verbal History. Perceptions. Documents - Author Ion Xenofontov

Abstract

The volume "Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989). Study of verbal history. Perceptions. Documents" of the author Ion Xenofontov, published at Lumen Publishing House in 2011, has the merit of turning recent history research into a suigeneris audition of second voices. The soldiers, the officer, the combatant in general are seldom seen by the eye of official history, always careful to winners. War is a social fact that rebuilds the life of those who live it. In the volume "The Soviet Afghan War (1979-1989). Verbal history studies. Perceptions. Documents. " written by the historian Ion Xenofontov, from Institute of Encyclopedic Research Institute of Academy of Sciences from Moldova, is used a phenomenological approach in the narrative perspective of historiographical research.

Keywords: Iox Xenofontov; War From Afghanistan; Narrative Methodology; Interviews With Ex-Soldiers