War in Afghanistan : a short history of eighty wars and conflicts in Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier 1839-2011 / Kevin Baker.

“Includes bibliography”—(p. 246-251).

Contents: First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842—Thirteen small wars, 1849-1859—Eight expeditions of ’pacification’, 1860-1878—Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-1880—Twelve wars of Abdur Rahman Khan, 1863-1896—Thirteen peacekeeping operations, 1879-1895—Great frontier revolt, 1897-1898—Four peacekeeping operations, 1900-1915—Third Anglo-Afghan War, 1919—Ten operations, 1917-1941—Afghan revolt, 1924-1925—Afghan civil war, 1928-1929—Daoud Khan’s two coups, 1953 and 1973—Pashtun revolt of 1959—Saur revolution, 1978—Nuristan uprising, 1978-1979—Soviet invasion, and resistance, 1979-1988—Afghan civil war, 1989-1994—Taliban surge, 1994-2001—Anti-Taliban war, 2001-2002—Taliban insurgency, 2002-2011—Concluding comments—Appendix : Eighty wars of Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier, 1839-2009.

Summary: "Kevin Baker’s well-researched history, which draws heavily on resources such as unit histories, presents an important background briefing to the conflicts in Afghanistan and northwest Pakistan. There have been few books which put the conflicts into the broadest perspective and even fewer that also include in their narrative descriptions of the numerous wars and conflicts on the Northwest Frontier as well as Afghanistan. This book includes information on all such wars in Afghanistan, not just those involving British armies, and also describes their background".