War Comes to Garmser : Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier / Carter Malkasian.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malkasian, Carter, 1975-
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Malkasian, Carter, > 1975-
Taliban > History.
Helmand (Afghanistan) > History, Military.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Campaigns > Afghanistan > Helmand.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Personal narratives, American.
Postwar reconstruction > Afghanistan > Helmand.
Helmand (Afghanistan) > Politics and government.
Helmand (Afghanistan) > Ethnic relations.
Afghanistan > History > Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Helmand River Valley (Afghanistan) > Social life and customs.
Genre:
Personal narratives, American.
Physical Description:xxiv, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • List of names
  • List of tribes and political entities
  • Glossary of terms
  • 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?.