Bibliograph

A military history of Afghanistan, from the Great Game to the Global War on Terror, Ali Ahmad Jalali

Type

Label

A military history of Afghanistan, from the Great Game to the Global War on Terror, Ali Ahmad Jalali

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-595) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A military history of Afghanistan

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

960845702

Responsibility statement

Ali Ahmad Jalali

Series statement

Modern war studies

Sub title

from the Great Game to the Global War on Terror

Summary

The first comprehensive history of the last two-plus centuries of warfare and international conflict in land-locked Afghanistan, from the Anglo-Afghan wars of the 1800s through the region's early 20th-century struggles to modernize, its last monarchy (1933-1973), the Soviet Union's so-called "Vietnam War" in the 1980s, and America's "War on Terror," which began in 2001 and continues into the present. By an insider native Afghan author whose careers have encompassed military, government, and academic service

Table Of Contents

A distinct geography and a turbulent history -- Highlights of the past, ancient era to 1800 -- The great game and the British invasion of Afghanistan, 1809-1839 -- The first Anglo-Afghan War 1839-1842 -- Geopolitical changes in Central Asia leading to the second Anglo-Afghan War, 1842-1878 -- The second phase of the second Anglo-Afghan war, 1879-1881 -- A period of uneasy peace and the third Anglo-Afghan war, 1880-1919 -- Afghanistan under King Amanullah and the civil war, 1919-1929 -- The Cold War and the Soviet invasion, 1929-1979 -- Soviet occupation and the war of resistance, 1979-1989 -- The civil war and the rise of the Taliban, 1989-2001 -- U.S. invasion, the fall of the Taliban and the Bonn process, 2001-2005

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