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Autore |
Baker K. J (Kevin James) |
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Titolo |
War in Afghanistan [[electronic resource] ] : a short history of eighty wars and conflicts in Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier 1839-2011 / / Kevin Baker |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Kenthurst, N.S.W., : Rosenberg Publishing, 2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Afghanistan History, Military |
Afghanistan History |
India History, Military |
India History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-251) and index. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-257) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; PART ONE 1839-1878; 1. First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842; 2. Thirteen Small Wars, 1849-1859; 3. Eight Expeditions of 'Pacification', 1860-1878; PART TWO 1878-1919; 4. Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-1880; 5.The Twelve Wars of Abdur Rahman Khan, 1863-1896; 6. Thirteen Peacekeeping Operations, 1879-1895; 7. The Great Frontier Revolt-Five Campaigns, 1897-1898; 8. Four Peacekeeping Operations, 1900-1915; PART THREE 1919-1978; 9. Third Anglo-Afghan War, 1919; 10. Ten Operations, 1917-1941; 11. The Afghan Revolt, 1924-1925 |
12. Afghan Civil War, 1928-192913. Daoud Khan's Two Coups, 1953 and 1973; 14. The Pashtun Revolt of 1959; PART FOUR 1978-2011; 15. The Saur Revolution, 1978; 16. Nuristan Uprising, 1978-1979; 17. The Soviet Invasion and Resistance, 1979-1988; 18. Afghan Civil War, 1989-1994; 19. The Taliban Surge, 1994-2001; 20. The Anti-Taliban War, 2001-2002; 21. The Taliban Insurgency, 2002-2011; 22. Concluding Comments; Appendix; Bibliography; Endnotes; Index |
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There have been few books which put the conflicts into the broadest |
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perspective, and even fewer that also include in their narrative descriptions of the numerous wars and conflicts on the Northwest Frontier as well as Afghanistan. This book includes information on all such wars in Afghanistan, not just those involving British armies, and also describes their background. For the past four years Kevin Baker has been Lecturer and now Visiting Fellow at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW at ADFA). |
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