TY - BOOK AU - Loyn,David TI - In Afghanistan: two hundred years of British, Russian and American occupation SN - 0230614035 AV - DS361 .L698 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, NY PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Military occupation KW - History KW - British KW - Afghanistan KW - Russians KW - Americans KW - History, Military KW - Strategic aspects KW - Politics and government N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008051653-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008051653-d.html ER -