War comes to Garmser : thirty years of conflict on the Afghan frontier / Carter Malkasian.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2013.Description: xxiv, 321pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780199973750
- Malkasian, Carter, 1975-
- Taliban -- History
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Helmand
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American
- Postwar reconstruction -- Afghanistan -- Helmand
- Helmand (Afghanistan) -- History, Military
- Helmand (Afghanistan) -- Politics and government
- Helmand (Afghanistan) -- Ethnic relations
- Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
- Helmand River Valley (Afghanistan) -- Social life and customs
- DS371.412. M355 2013
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | Available | One copy donated by John Dixon. | 3ACKU000375112 | |||||
Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS371.412.M355 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Available | 3ACKU000358480 |
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?.
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