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Author Tanner, Stephen, 1954-

Title Afghanistan : a military history from Alexander the Great to the war against the Taliban / Stephen Tanner
Edition Updated version, Revised edition
Published [Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description vii, 375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents Crossroad of empires -- Alexander the Great -- The prize of conquest -- The Mongols -- The rise of Afghanistan -- The great game -- The triumph of the tribes -- Victorian vengeance -- The Soviets -- The Mujahideen -- The rise of the Taliban -- The Americans -- Pashtunistan
Summary When US 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index
SUBJECT Afghanistan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063030 -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863
LC no. 2010290450
ISBN 0306818264 (paperback)
9780306818264 (paperback)
Other Titles Military history from Alexander the Great to the war against the Taliban