1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910135240503321

Titolo

Ciência hoje : revista de divulgação científica da Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Rio de Janeiro], : A Sociedade, 1982-

ISSN

0104-8457

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

505

Soggetti

Science

Science - Brazil

Periodicals.

Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Portoghese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from cover.

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956793503321

Autore

Adamec Ludwig W

Titolo

The A to Z of Afghan wars, revolutions, and insurgencies / / Ludwig W. Adamec

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010, c2005

ISBN

979-82-16-30268-1

1-283-62090-1

9786613933355

1-4617-3189-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (522 p.)

Collana

The A to Z guide series ; ; no. 195

Disciplina

958.1003

Soggetti

Afghanistan History Dictionaries

Afghanistan History, Military Dictionaries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Dictionary of Afghan wars, revolutions, and insurgencies. 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendixes; Appendix 1: Soviet Report on Intervention, 1979; Appendix 2: Soviet-Afghan Treaty of Friendship; Appendix 3: Status of Soviet Forces Protocol; Appendix 4: Cease-Fire Protocol; Appendix 5: American Declaration of War; Appendix 6: Military Technical Agreement; Appendix 7: English-Afghan Military Terms; Bibliography; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

All the information currently available on the endless chain of wars stretching over two and a half centuries is traced in The A to Z of Afghan Wars, Revolutions and Insurgencies. It consists of the American involvement in Afghanistan since October 2001 as well as individual campaigns, including tactics and logistics of skirmishes, the weapons used, and biographical entries on the significant leaders involved in the battles. Extensive analysis of regional and ideological divisions within the country and the external forces that have brought around conflict in this remote, mountainous region, i