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In Afghanistan

By - Loyn, David
Floor - Floor 4
Published - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2009
ISBN 10 - 0230614035
ISBN 13 - 9780230614031
Book Status - 2 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Military occupation
Shelf No - 4
Call Number - 958.103 LOY
Physical Description - xxi, 266 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Notes - INCLUDE INDEX
Book Information
Afghanistan has been a strategic prize for foreign empires for more than 200 years. The British, Russians, and Americans have all fought across its beautiful and inhospitable terrain, in conflicts variously ruthless, misguided and bloody. This violent history is the subject of David Loyn's magisterial book. It is a history littered with misunderstandings and broken promises, in which the British, the Russians, and later the Americans, constantly underestimated the ability of the Afghans. In Afghanistan brilliantly brings to life the personalities involved in Afghanistan's relationship with the world, chronicling the misunderstandings and missed opportunities that have so often led to war. With 30 years experience as a foreign correspondent, David Loyn has had a front-row seat during Afghanistan's recent history. In Afghanistan draws on David Loyn's unrivalled knowledge of the Taliban and the forces that prevail in Afghanistan, to provide the definitive analysis of the lessons these conflicts have for the present day.

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