The Afghan Campaign
- ISBN-10
- 0767922387
- ISBN-13
- 9780767922388
- Series
- The Afghan Campaign
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 354
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-06-05
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- Steven Pressfield
Description
Matthias, an infantryman in Alexander's army, chronicles the 330 B.C. invasion of the Afghan kingdoms by Alexander the Great and his armies, in a historical novel that re-creates the legendary warrior's battle against a new kind of enemy that uses insurgent and terror tactics by a deeply religious, proud, and insular populace. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
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- 2009-11-10
- 466 pages
- Paperback
- Random House
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