Afghanistan : a military history from Alexander the Great to the war against the Taliban / Stephen Tanner.
Material type: TextPublication details: Philadelphia : Da Capo Press, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: vii, 375 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780306818264
- DS356. T36 2009
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS356.T36 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000351063 |
Browsing Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
DS356.R69 2015 Afghanistan : | DS356.R86 2007 The history of Afghanistan / | DS356.T36 2003 Afghanistan : | DS356.T36 2009 Afghanistan : | DS356.W34 2010 A brief history of Afghanistan / | DS356.W355 1881 Afghanistan : | DS356.Y863 2002 Afghanistan : a political history : |
“Updated version”—title page.
Abstract: This volume provides a military history of Afghanistan, including the recent operations by American and Afghan forces fighting the Taliban insurgency. For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed history-shaping clashes between civilizations: Greek, Arab, Mongol, and Tartar, and, in more recent times, British, Russian, and American. When U.S. troops entered Afghanistan in the weeks following September 11, 2001, they overthrew the Afghan Taliban regime and sent the terrorists it harbored on the run. But America's initial easy victory is in sharp contrast to the difficulties it faces today in confronting the Taliban resurgence.
“Includes bibliography”—(p. [355]-359).
Contents: Preface—1. Crossroad of empires—2. Alexander the Great—3. The prize of conquest—4. The Mongols—5. The rise of Afghanistan—6. The great game—7. The triumph of the tribes—8. Victorian vengeance—9. The Soviets—10. The Mujahideen—11. The rise of the Taliban—12. The Americans—13. Pashtunistan—Glossary—Bibliography—Index—Photo section after page.