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Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban
Afghanistan A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban
Author: Stephen Tanner
For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed history-shaping clashes between civilizations: Greek, Arab, Mongol, and Tartar, and, in more recent times, British, Russian, and American. When U.S. troops entered Afghanistan in the weeks following September 11, 2001, they...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780306818264
ISBN-10: 0306818264
Publication Date: 4/27/2009
Pages: 392
Edition: First Edition, Revis
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Publisher: Da Capo Press
Book Type: Paperback
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Exhaustive study of Afghanistan, from the time of Alexander the Great, through the Khans and down to the American experience. The salient lesson throughout is, 'It's easy to invade Afghanistan but it's nearly impossible to conquer, rule or even influence the country in any major way.'

The author paints a picture of a country that really isn't but is more a collection of autonomous and warring provinces.


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