A Military History of Afghanistan : From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Distinct Geography and a Turbulent History -- 2. Highlights of the Past: From Antiquity to the Emergence of Modern Afghanistan in 1747 -- 3. The Great Game and the British Invasion of Afghanistan, 1809-1839 -- 4. The First Anglo-Afghan War: Occupation, Rebellion, Retreat, and Retribution, 1839-1842 -- 5. Geopolitical Changes in Central Asia Leading to the Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1842-1879 -- 6. The Second Phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1879-1881 -- 7. A Period of Uneasy Peace and the Third Anglo-Afghan War, 1880-1919 -- 8. Afghanistan under King Amanullah and the Civil War, 1919-1929 -- 9. The Cold War and the Soviet Invasion, 1929-1979 -- 10. Soviet Occupation and the War of Resistance, 1979-1989 -- 11. The Civil War and the Rise of the Taliban, 1989-2001 -- 12. The US Invasion, the Fall of the Taliban, and the Bonn Process, 2001-2005 -- 13. Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

The first comprehensive history of over two centuries of warfare and international conflict in Afghanistan, including the Anglo-Afghan wars of the nineteenth century, the early twentieth century struggles over modernization, the fall of the last monarchy, the Soviet-Afghan War, and the twenty-first century US Global War on Terror.

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