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Books on: (afghan OR afghanistan) AND history

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Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History

Book by Thomas Barfield; Princeton University Press, 2010

Subjects:

Afghanistan--History, Afghanistan--Politics And Government, Afghanistan--Social Conditions, Islam And Politics--Afghanistan--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Thomas Barfield. 1991. Afghanistan: An atlas of indigenous...Tanner, Stephen. 2002. Afghanistan: A military history from Alexander the Great...The Pashtun colonisation of Afghan Turkistan. In The Conflict of tribe and state in Iran and Afghanistan , ed. Richard Tapper. London...
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Holy Blood: An Inside View of the Afghan War

Book by Paul Overby; Praeger, 1993

Subjects:

Afghanistan--History--Soviet Occupation, 1979-1989--Personal Narratives, Overby, Paul--Travel--Afghanistan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...centralized power in recent Afghan history. But even the steely...to recognize that Afghanistan is not strong enough...oral history of the Afghans. In 1893 Abdur Rahman...a boundary between Afghanistan and India that divided...Pashtuns and gave up Afghan territory in what...losses in eastern Afghanistan.) 8 So the boundaries...
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Women of the Afghan War

Book by Deborah Ellis; Praeger Publishers, 2000

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Afghanistan--History--1989-, Afghanistan--History--Soviet Occupation, 1979-1989--Personal Narratives, Oral History, Taliban, Women--Afghanistan--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...stories, in Persian, about Afghan people, in Afghanistan and around the world...am educated. All of us Afghans have a responsibility to the people still in Afghanistan. We cannot be just thinking...Relief Organization for Afghan Orphans and Widows, ROAOW...sometimes from women inside Afghanistan. I know of many Afghan women who are wise, educated...
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Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad

Book by David B. Edwards; University of California Press, 2002

Subjects:

Afghanistan--History--Saur Revolution, 1978, Afghanistan--History--Soviet Occupation, 1979-1989

Collections: History, Entire Library

...it occasioned numerous rumors inside Afghanistan that he had somehow orchestrated Amanullahs...Historic Crimes of Naderi Dynasty in Afghanistan, Kabul Times , May 4, 1978. 7 Nur...ninth anniversary of the Third Anglo-Afghan war, Radio Afghanistan, August 19, 1978; quoted in Foreign...
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Falling Terrorism and Rising Conflicts: The Afghan "Contribution" to Polarization and Confrontation in West and South Asia

Book by Hooman Peimani; Praeger, 2003

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Afghanistan--History--2001-, Terrorism, War On Terrorism, 2001-, World Politics--1989-

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Talibans massive invasion of northern Afghanistan pushed them all out of most of their...confined them to about 10 percent of Afghanistan in the north, which was ethnically...the last two countries backed the Afghan groups of their ethnic brethren...objective was to end the seemingly endless Afghan civil war and to unite Afghanistan under a pro-Pakistani central government...

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Journal Articles on: (afghan OR afghanistan) AND history

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Sentinels of Afghan Democracy: the Afghan National Army

Journal article by Samuel Chan; Military Review, Vol. 89, 2009

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Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, Armed forces, Military aid, Minority & ethnic groups

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...operational capability. Only the Afghans can breathe a soul into their...important truths. First, the Afghan army will require financial...decades of fighting have made Afghanistan what it is today, and it...coalition forces leave the Afghans to "go it alone." One...partnership between coalition and Afghan army requires a large amount...with long and established histories often expect an army that...
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To Create a Stable Afghanistan: Provisional Reconstruction Teams, Good Governance, and a Splash of History

Journal article by Andrew M. Roe; Military Review, Vol. 85, 2005

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Afghanistan, Army-UK, Army-US, Military history, Military strategy, National security, North Atlantic Treaty Organization--NATO, Political alliances, Postwar reconstruction, Rebellions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...service. Qualified local Afghans should also be incorporated...from the newly formed Afghan Civil Service Academy...PRTs and coalition in Afghanistan is an archaic transportation...procedures, revenue system, history, and the language of...operate exclusively in Afghanistan during their career...challenge of creating an Afghan state is daunting and...specialists and qualified local Afghans filling key appointments...legitimate, functioning Afghan government. However...contemporary solution for Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History

Journal article by Malou Innocent; The Cato Journal, Vol. 31, 2011

Subjects:

Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Cultural and Political History. by Malou Innocent...time, modern-day Afghan territories were...of present-day Afghanistan were tied culturally...in the east, the Afghan capital rotated between...day Pakistan. The Afghans eventually lost Peshawar...is restored; for Afghanistan, a political center...issues between the Afghan state and society...modernist demanded Afghans wear Western-style...unique in Afghan history, under King Zahir...
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The Destruction and Rebuilding of the Afghan Air Force, 1989-2009

Journal article by Forrest L. Marion; Air Power History, Vol. 57, 2010

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Military aspects, Air forces--Laws, regulations and rules, Air forces--Powers and duties, Military policy--Interpretation and construction, United States foreign relations--Military aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...end of 1978, Afghans increasingly...city of Herat, Afghan I1-28 bombers...the countrys history to that time...invasion of Afghanistan in December...the current Afghan air power mission...forbidding terrain of Afghanistan, the threat...way of many Afghans in remote and...our Aviation History," publication...Slides, "Afghan National Army...files, Kabul, Afghanistan, and at AFCENT...the group of Afghans that traveled...Spartan. (25.) History, 438 AEW...
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Soviet Hearts-and-Minds Operations in Afghanistan

Journal article by Paul Robinson; The Historian, Vol. 72, 2010

Subjects:

Afghan foreign relations, Afghanistan-Soviet crisis, 1979-1989, Civilian casualties--Psychological aspects, Humanitarian aid, Military maneuvers--Analysis, Military operations--Analysis, Russian foreign relations, Soldiers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: History, Entire Library

...first mission in Afghanistan, we were protecting...presence was helping Afghans particularly with...other supplies to Afghan villages." (1...insurgency war in Afghanistan has generated a renewed...English-language history of the subject...Soviet experience in Afghanistan supports this conclusion...good to try to win Afghan hearts and minds...well. For example, Afghans were not always aware...to have been. The history of Soviet hearts...

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Magazine Articles on: (afghan OR afghanistan) AND history

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Afghanistan and Gladstone's Moral Foreign Policy: Roland Quinault Discusses Gladstone's View of the Second Afghan War Both in Opposition and during His Premiership

Magazine article by Roland Quinault; History Today, Vol. 52, December 2002

Subjects:

Afghan Wars--History, Afghan Wars--Moral and ethical aspects, Afghanistan--History, Gladstone, William--Foreign relations, Gladstone, William--Moral and ethical aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...was waged in the history of man, should be...immediate cause of the Afghan war was relatively...exaggerated, fear that Afghanistan would become a Russian...sympathy for the Afghans. The Liberal Daily...opened his mouth on Afghanistan since he had come...money spent on the Afghan war should have been...Europeans, whereas the Afghans were Muslim Asians...well informed about Afghanistan, despite its isolation...many pictures of Afghan people and places...
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America and Afghanistan: A Troubled History : With the Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, American Interest Quicklly Lapsed, Even Though the Afghan Conflict Had Helped to End the Cold War

Magazine article by Martin Ewans; World and I, Vol. 17, March 2002

Subjects:

Afghan foreign relations--United States, Afghanistan, United States, United States foreign relations--Afghanistan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Afghanistan: A Troubled History : With the Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, American Interest...Lapsed, Even Though the Afghan Conflict Had Helped to End...by MARTIN EWANS Although Afghanistan won its independence from...quarter century later that the Afghan and U.S. administrations...Following World War II, Afghans were anxious to develop a...
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The Afghan Quagmire: David Loyn, the Only Reporter with the Taliban When They Took Kabul in 1996, Takes Issue with Military Historian Thomas Tulenko's Analysis of Britain's 19th-Century Invasions of Afghanistan, First Published in June 1980

Magazine article by David Loyn; History Today, Vol. 59, December 2009

Subjects:

Afghan history--Analysis, Historians--Criticism and interpretation, Islamic fundamentalism--Influence, Nationalism--Analysis, Tulenko, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...river, beyond which lay Afghanistan. Rather than a continuation...equipping a large force in Afghanistan. These involved human organisation...alliances. Then as later, the Afghans were able to concentrate...that the Second Anglo-Afghan war had the most instructive...not learn the lessons of history. But analyses of the challenge...of Foreign Engagement in Afghanistan (Windmill, 2009).
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Fighting the Afghans in the 19th Century: Bruce Collins Considers the Mixture of Adventurism, Disaster and Lethal Reprisal That Marked British Activities in Afghanistan under Victoria

Magazine article by Bruce Collins; History Today, Vol. 51, December 2001

Subjects:

Afghanistan--19th century, Military art and science--Analysis, Military history--Analysis, Military policy--United Kingdom, United Kingdom--Relations with Afghanistan

Collections: History, Entire Library

...bulk of the force entering Afghanistan, but Ranjit refused to...the central valley of east Afghanistan, had to force their way...deployed 16,000 troops within Afghanistan and on the immediate approach...as eighteenth-century Afghans had been the arbiters of...the organisation of the Afghan army drastically reduced...appalling reverses in the history of British imperial intervention...
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Security Is the Key to Afghan Future; for Afghanistan to Overcome Its War-Torn History and Emerge as a Modern Nation, the Western Relief Effort Must Address the Lawlessness That Pervades the Country

Magazine article by Paul M. Rodriguez; Insight on the News, October 14, 2003

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Economic aspects, Afghanistan--Political aspects, Afghanistan--Social aspects, Karzai, Hamid--Political activity, Offenses against public safety--Prevention, Postwar reconstruction--Social aspects, Taliban--Political activity

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Security Is the Key To Afghan Future; For Afghanistan to overcome its war-torn history and emerge as a modern...financial pledges for Afghanistan, well more than...reported see "Rebuilding Afghanistan," July 8-21, complaints remain among Afghans that the nongovernmental...workers and almost every Afghan to whom Insight has...

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Newspaper Articles on: (afghan OR afghanistan) AND history

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America Mourns Its Heroes; Afghan Casualties Linked to Military Sacrifice throughout U.S. History

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), August 10, 2011

Subjects:

American soldiers--Casualties, Civil war--Afghanistan, Civil war--Casualties, Civil war--History, Civil war--United States, War--Casualties, Wars--Casualties

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...America Mourns Its Heroes; Afghan Casualties Linked to Military Sacrifice throughout U.S. History. Byline: THE WASHINGTON...troops killed in action in Afghanistan returned to U.S. soil...deadly. U.S. fatalities in Afghanistan have increased every year...deadliest such event of the Afghan War, the 22 of the fallen...
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Afghan Adventurers; AFGHANISTAN Might Not Be Everybody's Choice of a Holiday Destination but a North East Man Is Hoping to Change All That. Mike Griffin and His Pal Ollie Kilvert Have Launched a New Company Promising to Take Travellers to Some of the Remotest Parts Part of the World. but Who Will Be Prepared to Go along for the Ride? MIKE KELLY Reports

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 14, 2010

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Travel industry--Planning, Travelers--Planning

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Afghan Adventurers; AFGHANISTAN Might Not Be Everybodys...this one. The trip to Afghanistan involves a monthlong...different from the rest of Afghanistan. Its made up of native...Its like a living history," said Mike. "Some...
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Remembering the Fallen in Afghanistan; American and Afghan Forces Have Paid the Price of Freedom

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 20, 2010

Subjects:

Karzai, Hamid

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...dear children in Afghanistan, where we continue...sacrifice that Afghanistan is free and we...sacrifice that Afghan women are no longer...sacrifice that Afghans are optimistic...secure future. Afghans and our history will never forget...and saving the Afghan people from despair...and prosperous Afghanistan. The families...
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ANALYSIS: Not Just a War, Helping Build Afghan Nation Again; Britain Is Not Just Fighting in Afghanistan but Nation-Building, Having Learned the Lessons of 165 Years Ago, Says Labour MP Tom Watson

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 17, 2007

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Legislators

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Just a War, Helping Build Afghan Nation Again; Britain Is Not Just Fighting in Afghanistan but Nation-Building, Having...Elphinstone, who will go down in history as one of our countrys most...are nation-building in Afghanistan. Roads, schools, hospitals...success for the UK are clear. Afghanistan became the petri dish of...
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Our Family at War ; Reggie Thompson 1914 the Great War Somme Hero: Reggie on Honeymoon with Wife Bridget Willie Pike 1940 Second World War DUNKIRK SPIRIT: Willie Poses with His Wife Josie in 1940 Hew Pike 1982 Falklands War IN COMMAND: Before the Assault on Mt Longdon Will Pike 2006 Afghanistan FRUSTRATION: Will in the Afghan Desert

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 9, 2008

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Deserts--Military aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Mt Longdon Will Pike 2006 Afghanistan FRUSTRATION: Will in the Afghan Desert. Byline: Nigel Blundell...a proud period of British history. Distant relatives had fought...Korea, the Falklands and in Afghanistan. Two were killed in action...than actively help us or the Afghan government. He continued...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (afghan OR afghanistan) AND history

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Afghanistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...lapis lazuli in the world), Afghan Turkistan, the Amu Darya...Pakistan. Although warfare in Afghanistan during the late 20th cent...and south central portions Afghans (or Pashtuns), who make...the extreme south. Dari (Afghan Persian), Pashto (Afghan...which is derived from opium. Afghanistan is heavily dependent on international...divided into 34 provinces. History Early History The location...
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Safavid

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the island of Bahrayn, ignoring the opposition centered in Afghanistan. In 1722, Afghan forces entered Isfahan and forced Husayn to abdicate, putting...The Fall of the Safavi Dynasty (1958); I. Munshi, History of Shah Abbas the Great (1978); R. Savory, Iran under...
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Tajikistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...borders on China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, Kyrgyzstan...easternmost section of Tajikistan. History The people of Tajikistan...with bases and support in Afghanistan, persisted along the Afghan border despite a number of...Russian help patrolling the Afghan border ended in 2005, and...
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Pakistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...center on the line between Afghanistan and the Indus valley. East...would incorporate parts of Afghanistan and Iran. Punjabis reside...provinces and two territories. History Early History The northwest...Indus plain and much of Afghanistan. After the fall of the...the late 1730s; by the Afghans, who held Sind and the...northwest during the First Afghan War (1839 42) and succeeded...
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Turkistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to the borders of Iran and Afghanistan in the south. Eastern...Autonomous Region . Southern, or Afghan, Turkistan referred to a small area of N Afghanistan. Politically, what was...Asias most fertile regions. History Turkistan is Persian for...century. The later internal history of Turkistan is mainly one...

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