LEADER 03624nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910464108303321 005 20220222233509.0 010 $a1-283-89759-8 010 $a0-8122-0615-0 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812206159 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064751 035 $a(OCoLC)822017893 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642697 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606180 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11357154 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606180 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582122 035 $a(PQKB)10085021 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441945 035 $a(OCoLC)793012539 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14346 035 $a(DE-B1597)449454 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938850 035 $a(OCoLC)979954233 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812206159 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441945 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642697 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421009 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064751 100 $a20110616d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfghanistan declassified$b[electronic resource] $ea guide to America's longest war /$fBrian Glyn Williams 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8122-2344-6 311 $a0-8122-4403-6 327 $apt. I. The basics -- pt. II. History lessons. 330 $aNearly 100,000 U.S. soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan at the height of the campaign, fighting the longest war in the nation's history. But what do Americans know about the land where this conflict is taking place? Many have come to have a grasp of the people, history, and geography of Iraq, but Afghanistan remains a mystery.Originally published by the U.S. Army to provide an overview of the country's terrain, ethnic groups, and history for American troops and now updated and expanded for the general public, Afghanistan Declassified fills in these gaps. Historian Brian Glyn Williams, who has traveled to Afghanistan frequently over the past decade, provides essential background to the war, tracing the rise, fall, and reemergence of the Taliban. Special sections deal with topics such as the CIA's Predator drone campaign in the Pakistani tribal zones, the spread of suicide bombing from Iraq to the Afghan theater of operations, and comparisons between the Soviet and U.S. experiences in Afghanistan.To Williams, a historian of Central Asia, Afghanistan is not merely a theater in the war on terror. It is a primeval, exciting, and beautiful land; not only a place of danger and turmoil but also one of hospitable villagers and stunning landscapes, of great cultural diversity and richness. Williams brings the country to life through his own travel experiences-from living with Northern Alliance Uzbek warlords to working on a major NATO base. National heroes are introduced, Afghanistan's varied ethnic groups are explored, key battles-both ancient and current-are retold, and this land that many see as only a frightening setting for prolonged war emerges in three dimensions. 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$vPersonal narratives, American 607 $aAfghanistan$xDescription and travel 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021 676 $a958.104/7 700 $aWilliams$b Brian Glyn$0852531 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464108303321 996 $aAfghanistan declassified$92473165 997 $aUNINA