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Afghanistan
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 17.95An up-to-date edition of the only military history of Afghanistan, including the recent operations by American and Afghan forces fighting the Taliban insurgency more...
Statebuilding in Afghanistan
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 130.00This edited volume empirically maps and theorises NATO-ISAF?s contribution to peacebuilding and reconstruction in Afghanistan. The book provides a contextual framework of the NATO participation in Afghanistan; it offers an outline of the security situation in Afghanistan and discusses geopolitical, historical, and military factors that are related... more...
Afgantsy
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.99The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. Afghan mujahideen upset their plans, holding on with little more than natural fighting skills, until CIA agents came to the rescue with American arms. Humiliated in battle,... more...
Kill Bin Laden
Scribe Publications 2011; US$ 14.99The mission was to kill the most wanted man in the world ? an operation of such magnitude that it couldn?t be handled by just any military or intelligence force. The best America had to offer was needed. As such, the task was handed to roughly forty members of America?s supersecret counterterrorist unit formerly known as 1st Special Forces Operational... more...
Ghosts of Afghanistan
Counterpoint 2011; US$ 26.00A masterful blend of graphic reporting, illuminating interviews, and insightful analysis. Ghosts of Afghanistan is the first account of Afghanistan's turbulent recent history by an independent eyewitness. Jonathan Steele, an award-winning journalist and commentator, has covered the country since his first visit there as a reporter in 1981. He tracked... more...
On Afghanistans Plains
I.B.Tauris 2011; US$ 35.00Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a string of such wars dating back as far as the early nineteenth century. Aiming to protect the British territories in India from the expanding Russian empire, the British fought a series of conflicts... more...
Top Trails: Sacramento
Wilderness Press 2007; US$ 14.95Near Sacramento, numerous trails access the Central Valley?s wildlife-filled wetlands and traverse riverside forests and grasslands. In the Coast Range and Sierra foothills, trails lead to scenic waterfalls, wildflower-studded meadows, and high mountain lakes. Longtime Sacramento resident and intrepid hiker Steve Evans has selected the 43 ?must-do?... more...
Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 94.99The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan contains substantial new material to reflect the rapid changes in the region. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an expansive bibliography, and over 1,000 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects... more...
Afghan Endgames
Georgetown University Press 2012; US$ 29.95The United States and its allies have been fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan for a decade in a war that either side could still win. While a gradual drawdown has begun, significant numbers of US combat troops will remain in Afghanistan until at least 2014, perhaps longer, depending on the situation on the ground and the outcome of the... more...
The Afghan Way of War
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.99Focusing on key episodes in Afghanistan's long history of conflict with foreign forces from the early nineteenth century to the present, this book sheds new light on the Afghan "Way of War." Robert Johnson shows that, contrary to the stereotypes of primi more...









