TY - BOOK AU - Malkasian,Carter TI - War comes to Garmser : : thirty years of conflict on the Afghan frontier / SN - 9780199973750 AV - DS371.412. M355 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford : PB - Oxford University Press, KW - Malkasian, Carter, KW - Taliban KW - History KW - Afghan War, 2001- KW - Campaigns KW - Afghanistan KW - Helmand KW - Personal narratives, American KW - Postwar reconstruction KW - Helmand (Afghanistan) KW - History, Military KW - Politics and government KW - Ethnic relations KW - Afghanistan KW - Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 KW - Helmand River Valley (Afghanistan) KW - Social life and customs N1 - Maps on lining pages; Includes bibliographical references.; Contents: List of names—List of tribes and political entities—Glossary of terms—Preface: Small places—Grand plans—The jihad—Civil war—The Taliban regime—Victory into defeat—The second Taliban regime—Pushing farther south—Wakil Manan, Mian Poshtay, and the riots—The Alizai return—The Taliban counter-offensive—Winning the peace—Conclusion: the end or the intermission?. ER -