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100	1		_aJalali, Ali Ahmad.
245	1	2	_aA Military History of Afghanistan : _bFrom the Great Game to the Global War on Terror.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLa Vergne : _bUniversity Press of Kansas, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017.
300			_a1 online resource (635 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aModern War Studies
505	0		_aCover -- 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.
520			_aThe 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aAfghanistan-History, Military.
650		0	_aAfghanistan-Strategic aspects.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aJalali, Ali Ahmad _tA Military History of Afghanistan _dLa Vergne : University Press of Kansas,c2017 _z9780700624072
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aModern War Studies
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5244912 _zClick to View
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