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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...
Blackflies Are Murder
Dundurn 2002; US$ 8.99Its high summer in Northern Ontario, where everyone is bear bait, even the bears. Gunshots chase Belle Palmer from her quiet forest paths. Then, on her remote lakeside road, the savage and unexplainable murder of an elderly neighbour puts her on guard against two-footed killers. more...
The Development of Taliban Factions in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 149.95This work pieces together an understanding of the Afghanistan War, primarily through the principle authors knowledge and writings, secondarily through relevant books and articles by other authors. The goal is to provide a primer that individuals with little understanding of this region can use to educate themselves on the real issues... more...
Games without Rules
PublicAffairs 2012; US$ 27.99By the author of Destiny Disrupted : an enlightening, accessible history of modern Afghanistan from the Afghan point of view, showing how Great Power conflicts have interrupted its ongoing, internal struggle to take form as a nation more...
War in Afganistan
Rosenberg Publishing 2011; US$ 15.99There have been few books which put the conflicts into the broadest perspective, and even fewer that also include in their narrative descriptions of the numerous wars and conflicts on the Northwest Frontier as well as Afghanistan. This book includes information on all such wars in Afghanistan, not just those involving British armies, and also describes... more...
From Kabul to Baghdad and Back
Naval Institute Press 2012; US$ 42.95From Kabul to Baghdad and Back provides insight into the key strategic decisions of the Afghan and Iraq campaigns as the United States attempted to wage both simultaneously against al-Qaeda and its supporting affiliates. It also evaluates the strategic execution of those military campaigns to identify how well the two operations were conducted in... more...
The Taliban Shuffle
Scribe Publications 2011; US$ 24.99Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent ? she is candid, self-deprecating, and funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about the ability of US might to win hearts and minds in the region. As she does the ?Taliban shuffle? between conflict zones, Barker... more...
The Taliban Shuffle
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.95A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region?s longest-serving correspondents. Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent?she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned... more...
Six Months Without Sundays
Birlinn 2012; US$ 9.29Max Benitz reports from the frontline of a highly controversial war in a perceptive and revealing account of several months spent in Afghanistan with this world-famous infantry battalion. Training with them and living amongst them as they undertake their tour in Helmand province, Benitz gives a unique insight into the pressures faced by those who... more...
Afghanistan,, Arms and Conflict: Post-9//11 Security and Insurgency
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 49.95This is the first book to provide a comprehensive assessment of small arms and security-related issues in post-9/11 Afghanistan. It includes case studies which reveal the findings of in-depth field research on hitherto neglected regions of the country, and provides a distinctive balance of thematic analysis, conceptual models and empirical research.... more...









