Afghanistan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Mark (New York University, New York, USA) GaleottiNumber of pages: 96Collection: CampaignPublication...

Following the stories of two dozen refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in 2015, Citizens and Refugees argues that we need to include the histories ...

Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Elliot AckermanNumber of pages: 112Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 145 x 223 x 30Cover type: Hardba...

This book offers a new global history of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, exploring the conflict both within and beyond the framework of the Col...

Reducere. Inspiring and ``riveting...vivid and harrowing`` (Sean Parnell, author of Outlaw Platoon), Danger Close is the first memoir of active combat by a f...

The first-ever biography of "The Oprah of Afghanistan": refugee, pop singer, and champion of women's rights who continues to fight for change.

Reducere. "America had a secret weapon, " writes Steve Call of the period immediately following September 11, 2001, as planners contemplated the invasion of ...

Utilizing a historical context, this work underscores the continued struggle within these societies between the hardliners who wish to relegate fem...

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Reducere. The basis of the film starring Orlando Bloom and Scott Eastwood, The Outpost is the heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest...

In the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of Taliban fig...

For as long as there have been armed forces there have been camp followers - the families who move with the military to stay with their men.

Reducere. Lucrarea se inscrie in dimensiunea istorico-hermeneutica, semnificativa in mod special pentru istoria timpului prezent, de a face din memorie o for...

The story of America's longest war, seen through the eyes of those who led it, The Long War uncovers the failures at the start that made long-term ...

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Examines how Afghanistan has been imagined in texts that were published after the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent US-led invasion. Through an analy...

"War and Health" explores medical consequences of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Parliamentary Researcher Philip A (House of Commons) BerryNumber of pages: 264Collection: Edinburgh...

Reducere. Until his death in 2000, Artyom Borovik was considered one of the preeminent journalists in Russia. With The Hidden War he provided the world its f...

So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran and India) in 2014. Reports of its pre...

In 2012, Specialist E.E. Summerfield and the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment were deployed to the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. This book p...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of ...

Describes the events surrounding the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the encounter between the military superpower and the poorly armed Afghans.

Reducere. In 2010, German soldiers in Afghanistan were involved in the heaviest fighting since the establishment of the Bundeswehr. After eight months of pre...

Reducere. What happens when a regular person accidentally finds themselves lost in the middle of a war?In 1991, BBC journalist Chris Woolf travelled to Afgha...

Publisher: Ishi PressAuthor(s): Ismail SloanIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 210Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 151 x...

This book analyzes the successes and impediments of various educational policies in Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. The authors analyze how ...

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Explores the volatile and dangerous region in the world. In this story of squandered opportunities, misguided alliances and double-dealing, the aut...

Story of two marine's experiences of combat in Afghanistan, and the culture and environment from which they reentered civil society.Publisher: Pen ...

Losing Afghanistan features twenty-one critical essays by analysts, politicians, soldiers, commentators and practitioners - interspersed with power...

What compels a person to strap a vest loaded with explosives onto his body and blow himself up in a crowded street? In this book, th author argues ...

Publisher: Haus PublishingAuthor(s): Stephen LandriganNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 227 x 146 x 31Cover type: HardbackRedes...

Reducere. Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone or marginal frontier, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first M...

Reducere. Pushtu (also known as Pashto or Pushto) is one of the official languages of Afghanistan, and is also spoken in parts of northwestern Pakistan. It b...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Alex ConteNumber of pages: 330Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 157 x 232 x 22Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Brigadier (retired) Ben, OBE (Senior Fellow Land Warfare) BarryIllustration(s): 64pp colour plate se...

Reducere. Afghanistan, a landlocked country in Central Asia, has improbably been at the center of international geopolitics for four decades. After the Sovie...

Published for the first time in paperback, Beaver has produced a study of the early origins of what was to become, in the twentieth century, milita...

Reducere. After a brief survey of the great empires in Afghanistan--the campaigns of Alexander the Great, the British in the era of Kipling, and the late Sov...

DescriptionThis inspiring anthology is the first to convey the rich experiences and contributions of women in the American military in their own wo...

Reducere. The riveting story that inspired Kipling's classic tale and a John Huston movieThe true story of Josiah Harlan, a Pennsylvania Quaker and the first...

What does the future hold for the world's most unstable region? This title examines the changing casts of characters in this story, the future of t...

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Counter Jihad is a sweeping account of America's military campaigns in the Islamic world. Revising our understanding of what was once known as the ...

Reducere. Just as U. S. soldiers and diplomats pulled out of Afghanistan, supposedly concluding their role and responsibility in the two-decade conflict, the...

11 days, 11 women's lives: how the events of September 11, 2001 changed everything for women across the globeIllustrations: 5 Maps; 26 Illustration...

How do warlords survive and even thrive in contexts that are explicitly set up to undermine them? How do they rise after each fall? Warlord Surviva...

Reducere. "This book is OUTSTANDING The Author has seen some really exciting times in his life, in addition to some WOW flight hours. I read this in two days...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Ashley JacksonNumber of pages: 328Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 147 x 223 x 35Cover type: Hard...

Reducere. Twenty-one-year-old Christina Lamb left suburban England for Peshawar on the frontier of the Afghan war. Captivated, she spent two years tracking t...

Reducere. "This book is OUTSTANDING The Author has seen some really exciting times in his life, in addition to some WOW flight hours. I read this in two days...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Greg MillsNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 189 x 38Cover type: Paperbac...

Reducere. Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction From the Pulitzer P...

Fighting an elusive and dangerous enemy far from home, the British army in Afghanistan has been involved in asymmetric warfare for the best part of...

Reducere. If you knew where I come from and what I have been through, you would understand who I am. If we focus on the human connection, our lives will be e...

Eric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true adventure story, The Only Thing Worth Dying For. Set in the imme...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Creative ActivitiesThis large8.5 x 11 book of crossword puzzles covers the military history of the western world and would ...

DescriptionHer world came crashing down when she got the call saying her brother had been killed. Major Samuel Griffith was one of the most beloved...

Publisher: DRA PublishingAuthor(s): David ReynoldsIllustration(s): 300 illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 213 x 306...

DescriptionHer world came crashing down when she got the call saying her brother had been killed. Major Samuel Griffith was one of the most beloved...

Reducere. Peter Dale Scott's brilliantly researched tour de force illuminates the underlying forces that drive U.S. global policy from Vietnam to Colombia an...

The story of the six-day battle that began the War in Afghanistan and how it set the scene for twenty years of conflict.Publisher: Welbeck Publishi...

An assessment of the US military programme in which anthropologists and other social scientists researched societies at war in Iraq and Afghanistan

The story of the six-day battle that began the War in Afghanistan and how it set the scene for twenty years of conflict.Publisher: Welbeck Publishi...

In 2006, Texas businessman, historian, and photographer Bill Wright was encouraged - though not officially invited - by the US Department of State ...

On July 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings 'MJ' Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Desp...

In Unbound in War?, Sean Richmond examines the influence and interpretation of international law in the use of force by two important but understud...

An award-winning military journalist tells the amazing stories of twenty-five soldiers who've won the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military...

Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Dr Waheed ArianNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 39Cover type: Paper...