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Raising My Voice
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Malalai Joya |
Raising My Voice does for Afghanistan what Iran Awakening did for IranMalalai Joya is the youngest and most famous female MP in Afghanistan, whose bravery and vision have won her an international fol… |
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Breeding Ground
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Deepak Tripathi |
Beginning with the Communist Saur Revolution of 1978 and continuing through Gen. David Petraeus’s 2010 appointment replacing Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, this book i… |
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The Taliban Shuffle
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Kim Barker |
In The Taliban Shuffle, Barker offers an insider’s account of the “forgotten war” in Afghanistan and Pakistan, chronicling the years after America’s initial routing of the Taliban, when we failed to … |
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Afghanistan's endless war
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Larry P. Goodson |
"Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned fundamentalists, Larry Goodson combines Taliban interviews and field research with concise analysis to expla… |
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Lions of Kandahar
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Rusty Bradley |
One of the most critical battles of the Afghan War is now revealed as never before. Lions of Kandahar is an inside account from the unique perspective of an active-duty U.S. Army Special Forces comma… |
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The wars of Afghanistan
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Peter Tomsen |
An insider's account of Afghanistan's history since the 1970s and how the CIA's covert operations and the Pentagon's military strategy have strengthened extremism in the country. |
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Forbidden lessons in a Kabul guesthouse
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Suraya Sadeed |
From her first humanitarian visit to Afghanistan in 1994, Suraya Sadeed has been personally delivering relief and hope to Afghan orphans and refugees, to women and girls in inhuman situations deemed … |
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Ghosts of Afghanistan
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Jonathan Steele |
This is a study of the wars in Afghanistan. It puts the recent conflict there in the context of Russia's invasion and the British imperial wars that preceded them. Originally published: 2011. |
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Taliban
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James Fergusson |
"Fifteen years ago, southern Afghanistan was in even greater chaos than it is now. The Russians, who had occupied the country throughout the 1980s, were long gone. The disparate ethnic and religious … |
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The return of a king
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William Dalrymple |
Examines the mid-19th-century Afghan war as a tragic result of neocolonial ambition, cultural collision and hubris, drawing on previously untapped primary sources to explore such topics as the reesta… |
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The last warlord
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Brian Glyn Williams |
"In The Last Warlord, scholar Brian Glyn Williams takes Westerners inside the world of general Abdul Rashid Dostum, one of the most powerful of the Afghan warlords who have dominated the country sinc… |
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One hundred victories
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Robinson, Linda |
"Based on unique inside access, the author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Chaos explains how special operations forces are reshaping the U.S. military In One Hundred Victories, acclaimed… |
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Level zero heroes
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Michael Golembesky |
The author follows the members of U.S. Marine Special Operations Team 8222 on their assignment to the remote and isolated Taliban stronghold known as Bala Murghab as they conduct special operations i… |
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Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes
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Nile Green |
xvii, 337 pages : 23 cm |
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War, will, and warlords
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Cassidy, Robert M. Ph.D. |
"War, Will, and Warlords: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2011 compares the reasons for and the responses to the insurgencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan since October 2001. The b… |
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The Man Who Would Be King
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Ben Macintyre |
In the winter of 1838, an adventurer, surrounded by native troops and mounted on an elephant, raised the American flag on the summit of the Hindu Kush in the mountainous wilds of Afghanistan. He decl… |
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Roberts Ridge
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Malcolm MacPherson |
Afghanistan, March 2002. In the early morning darkness on a frigid mountaintop, a U.S. soldier is stranded, alone, surrounded by fanatical al Qaeda fighters. For the man's fellow Navy SEALs, and for … |
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Not a Good Day to Die
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Sean Naylor |
In this New York Times bestseller, award-winning combat reporter Sean Naylor reveals how close American forces came to disaster in Afghanistan against Al Qaida-after easily defeating the ragtag Talib… |
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The Punishment of Virtue
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Sarah Chayes |
As a former star reporter for NPR, Sarah Chayes developed a devoted listenership for her on-site reports on conflicts around the world. In The Punishment of Virtue, she reveals the misguided U.S. pol… |
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The Lessons of Afghanistan
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Anthony H. Cordesman |
"This study seeks to provide an initial assessment of the war in Afghanistan and the lessons to be drawn in terms of war fighting, intelligence, and force transformation. The Afghan conflict is anyth… |
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