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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aWilliams, Brian Glyn
_eautore
245 1 0 _aAfghanistan Declassified :
_bA Guide to America's Longest War /
_cBrian Glyn Williams.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2012
300 _a1 online resource (264 p.) :
_b13 illus.
336 _atext
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tIntroduction --
_tPART I. The Basics --
_tChapter 1. The Ethnic Landscape --
_tChapter 2. Extreme Geography --
_tPART II. History Lessons --
_tChapter 3. Creating the Afghan State --
_tChapter 4. Soviet Rule, the Mujahideen, and the Rise of the Taliban --
_tChapter 5. The Longest War: America in Af ghan i stan --
_tIndex --
_tAcknowledgments
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aNearly 100,000 U.S. soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan at the height of the campaign, fighting the longest war in the nation's history. But what do Americans know about the land where this conflict is taking place? Many have come to have a grasp of the people, history, and geography of Iraq, but Afghanistan remains a mystery.Originally published by the U.S. Army to provide an overview of the country's terrain, ethnic groups, and history for American troops and now updated and expanded for the general public, Afghanistan Declassified fills in these gaps. Historian Brian Glyn Williams, who has traveled to Afghanistan frequently over the past decade, provides essential background to the war, tracing the rise, fall, and reemergence of the Taliban. Special sections deal with topics such as the CIA's Predator drone campaign in the Pakistani tribal zones, the spread of suicide bombing from Iraq to the Afghan theater of operations, and comparisons between the Soviet and U.S. experiences in Afghanistan.To Williams, a historian of Central Asia, Afghanistan is not merely a theater in the war on terror. It is a primeval, exciting, and beautiful land; not only a place of danger and turmoil but also one of hospitable villagers and stunning landscapes, of great cultural diversity and richness. Williams brings the country to life through his own travel experiences-from living with Northern Alliance Uzbek warlords to working on a major NATO base. National heroes are introduced, Afghanistan's varied ethnic groups are explored, key battles-both ancient and current-are retold, and this land that many see as only a frightening setting for prolonged war emerges in three dimensions.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)
650 4 _aMiddle Eastern.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.
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653 _aAfrican Studies.
653 _aAsian Studies.
653 _aGeography.
653 _aMiddle Eastern Studies.
653 _aPolitical Science.
653 _aPublic Policy.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206159
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812206159
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