AfghanistanAfghanistan
a Military History From Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban
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Current format, Book, 2002, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsFor over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads--not only for armies but also for clashes between civilizations. As the United States engages in armed conflict with the current Afghan regime, an understanding of the military history of that blood-soaked land has become essential to every American.Afghanistan's military history provides lessons for us today. The earliest written records inform us of fierce mountain tribes on the "eastern" edge of the cradle of civilization. Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan on his way from Persia to India. Later, because of its strategic location--the Silk Road passed through its mountainous northern region--Afghanistan was invaded in succession by Arabs, Mongols, and Tartars. In the nineteenth century, Great Britain tried--and failed--to add Afghanistan to its Indian empire, while Russia tried to expand into the same embattled land. Afghanistan once again fought--and defeated --Russia in the 1980's when it tried to prop up a secular government in the face of rising Islamic resistance.Now America must face a new enemy on this land--a land that for centuries has become a graveyard of empires past.
A complete military history of Afghanistan traces more than 2,500 years of conflict, from the clashes of eastern mountain tribes as culled from ancient records, to the nation's conquering by Alexander the Great, to Great Britain's failed attempt to add Afghanistan to its Indian empire, to the defeat of Russia in the 1980s. 35,000 first printing.
A complete military history of Afghanistan traces more than 2,500 years of conflict, from clashes against the Persians, Greeks, and British, through the defeat of the Soviet Union in the 1980s and the rise and fall of the Taliban.
The only complete military history of Afghanistan, from battles fought by the ancient Greeks to those reported in this morning's headlines.
A complete military history of Afghanistan traces more than 2,500 years of conflict, from the clashes of eastern mountain tribes as culled from ancient records, to the nation's conquering by Alexander the Great, to Great Britain's failed attempt to add Afghanistan to its Indian empire, to the defeat of Russia in the 1980s. 35,000 first printing.
A complete military history of Afghanistan traces more than 2,500 years of conflict, from clashes against the Persians, Greeks, and British, through the defeat of the Soviet Union in the 1980s and the rise and fall of the Taliban.
The only complete military history of Afghanistan, from battles fought by the ancient Greeks to those reported in this morning's headlines.
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo ; London : Eurospan, 2002.
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