Afghanistan
- ISBN-10
- 0737718625
- ISBN-13
- 9780737718621
- Series
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 220
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
- Author
- Thomas Streissguth
Description
Traces the history of the country, beginning with its origin as an ancient crossroads to its conquest by the Mongols, the period of British and Russian rivalry, the rise and fall of communism, the Taliban era, and the challenge of democracy.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2023-06
- - pages
- Paperback
- Intertype Publishing and Printing
-
- 2022-12-06
- 456 pages
- Paperback
- Princeton University Press
-
- 2021-12-15
- 406 pages
- Paperback
- University Press of Kansas
Similar books
-
The American War in Afghanistan: A History
By Carter MalkasianIt is currently winding down, and American troops are likely to leave soon but only after a stay of nearly two decades. In The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian provides the first comprehensive history of the entire conflict.
-
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
By The Washington Post, Craig Whitlock"The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about the longest war in American history"--
-
Long Goodbye
By Artemy M. KalinovskyWhy did the USSR linger so long in Afghanistan?
-
Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story
By Vladislav TamarovTamarov was drafted into the Soviet army at the age of nineteen and sent to Afghanistan. He recorded his 621 days in the war with a camera and a diary.
-
The Spectre of Afghanistan: Security in Central Asia
By Amin Saikal, Kirill NourzhanovAiming to connect a number of divergent perspectives on the current state of Afghanistan, this book outlines the country's past and present instability and how this impacts and is conceptualised by its neighbours as well as by international ...
-
Afghanistan Rising
By Faiz AhmedSee Al-Hasan, Mahmud Sheikh ül-Islam, Ottoman, 50, 122, 133, 273, 306n34, 316n95, 317–318n109 Shiʿi/Shiʿa Muslims. See Muslims, Shiʿi Shinwaris, 254, 259–260, 264, 265, 266, 268. See also Khost Rebellion Shir ʿAli Khan, Amir, 49, 53, ...
-
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
By Mūzah-ʼi KābulFeatures the cultural and historical treasures of Afghanistan that were smuggled out of the National Museum by guards, curators, and antiquities lovers, who protected them from destruction by the Soviets and the Taliban.
-
Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence
By Sonali Kolhatkar, James IngallsBleeding Afghanistan boldly critiques the exploitation of Afghan women to justify war by both conservatives and liberals, analyzes uncritical media coverage of U.S. policies, and examines the ways in which the U.S. benefits from being in ...
-
Outside the Wire: The War in Afghanistan in the Words of Its Participants
By Kevin Patterson, Jane WarrenIn Outside the Wire, award-winning author Kevin Patterson and co-editor Jane Warren have rediscovered the valour and horror of sacrifice in this, the definitive account of the modern Canadian experience of war. From the Hardcover edition.
-
Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground
By Jonathan SteeleBut his response—seventy-five cruise missiles fired at four training camps for militants in Afghanistan, an offensive that caused minimal casualties and had little effect—was a relative pinprick compared to what Bush was preparing to do ...