War comes to Garmser thirty years of conflict on the Afghan frontier / Carter Malkasian.

Author/creator Malkasian, Carter, 1975-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Descriptionxxiv, 321 pages ; map, illus. ; 23 cm
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Subjects
Malkasian, Carter, 1975-
Taliban--History.
Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns. --Afghanistan. --Helmand.
Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, American.
Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan. --Helmand.
Helmand (Afghanistan)--History, Military.
Helmand (Afghanistan)--Politics and government.
Helmand (Afghanistan)--Ethnic relations.
Afghanistan--History. --Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Helmand River Valley (Afghanistan)--Social life and customs.

Contents List of names -- List of tribes and political entities -- Glossary of terms -- Preface: Small places -- Grand plans -- The jihad -- Civil war -- The Taliban regime -- Victory into defeat -- The second Taliban regime -- Pushing farther south -- Wakil Manan, Mian Poshtay, and the riots -- The Alizai return -- The Taliban counter-offensive -- Winning the peace -- Conclusion: the end or the intermission?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012045788
ISBN9780199973750 (alk. paper)

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