In Afghanistan : two hundred years of British, Russian and American occupation /
Loyn, David.
In Afghanistan : two hundred years of British, Russian and American occupation / David Loyn. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xxi, 266 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First encounters and the first Anglo-Afghan War, 1808-1842. Wild and strange ; A war of robbery ; Retreat -- Russian moves and the second Anglo-Afghan War, 1842-1880. The Great Game ; "Afghanistan as a whole could no longer exist" -- Making the frontier : the third Anglo-Afghan War and Afghan reform, 1880-1933. The Oasis War and the Durand Line ; "Tribes generally are rising" ; Bolt from the blue -- Revolution and the Soviet invasion, 1973-1994. "Muslim reactionaries" ; Charlie Horse ; "Fighting to the last Afghan" -- The Taliban and the U.S.-led invasion, 1994-2008. Virtue and vice ; Sons of dust ; The cheaper man.
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Military occupation--History.
British--History.--Afghanistan
Russians--History.--Afghanistan
Americans--History.--Afghanistan
Afghanistan--History.
Afghanistan--History, Military.
Afghanistan--Strategic aspects.
Afghanistan--Politics and government.
DS361 / .L698 2009
In Afghanistan : two hundred years of British, Russian and American occupation / David Loyn. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xxi, 266 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First encounters and the first Anglo-Afghan War, 1808-1842. Wild and strange ; A war of robbery ; Retreat -- Russian moves and the second Anglo-Afghan War, 1842-1880. The Great Game ; "Afghanistan as a whole could no longer exist" -- Making the frontier : the third Anglo-Afghan War and Afghan reform, 1880-1933. The Oasis War and the Durand Line ; "Tribes generally are rising" ; Bolt from the blue -- Revolution and the Soviet invasion, 1973-1994. "Muslim reactionaries" ; Charlie Horse ; "Fighting to the last Afghan" -- The Taliban and the U.S.-led invasion, 1994-2008. Virtue and vice ; Sons of dust ; The cheaper man.
0230614035 9780230614031
2008051653
Military occupation--History.
British--History.--Afghanistan
Russians--History.--Afghanistan
Americans--History.--Afghanistan
Afghanistan--History.
Afghanistan--History, Military.
Afghanistan--Strategic aspects.
Afghanistan--Politics and government.
DS361 / .L698 2009