War Comes to Garmser Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier

Name: War Comes to Garmser Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier
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ISBN: 9780199973750

ISBN-10: 019997375X

ISBN-13: 9780199973750

Edition: 2013

Authors: Carter Malkasian

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Modeled on the classic Vietnam War book,War Comes to Long An,Carter Malkasian'sWar Comes to Garmserpromises to be a landmark account of the long war in Afghanistan, which has lasted with a few brief interludes of truce from 1979 to the present. Garmser is a Pashtun district in the heart of Taliban country with about 150,000 people, and the author, Carter Malkasian, served there for two years as a civilian official under the auspices of the US State Department. Malkasian, an Oxford trained historian who is fluent in Pashto, places the primary focus on the Afghans' experience rather than those of the various Russian, American, and British interlopers over the past three decades. He is…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

CARTER MALKASIAN is an analyst at the CNA Corporation, a federally funded research and development center in Washington, D.C..



List of Maps


Foreword


Acknowledgments


Preface: Small Places



Grand Plans



The Jihad



Civil War



The Taliban Regime



Victory into Defeat



The Second Taliban Regime



Pushing Farther South



Wakil Manan, Mian Poshtay, and the Riots



The Alizai Return



The Taliban Counter-offensive



Winning the Peace


Conclusion: The End or the Intermission?


List of Names


List of Tribes and Political Entities


Glossary of Terms


Notes


Bibliography


Index