THE WARS OF AFGHANISTAN : Messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the failures of great Powers
by Peter Tomsen
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1586487639
- ISBN 13
- 9781586487638
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York: PublicAffairs, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo,.. cloth, pp., xxxviii, 849, dust jacket, (NOT price-clipped) first edition, (stated, with full number line) in protective mylar, CONTENTS: Part I: Tribal Incubator -- Padshahgardi -- Shatter Zone -- Tribe and Mosque -- Modernizing Monarchs -- Red Sunrise -- Part II: Fission -- Commissar Meets Tribesman -- Big Fox Catches Little Fox -- Green Dawn -- Insubordinate Puppets -- The General's Vision -- Part III. Mission to the Mujahidin -- Mission Impossible -- Potemkin Government -- Pakistan Pivots -- Tilting at Windmills -- Wahhabi Emirate -- Desperately Seeking Moderates -- Irreconcilable Policies -- From Marx to Mullahs -- From One War to the Next -- Part IV: America and Afghanistan -- Unholy Alliance -- Between the Lions -- Yankee Meets Tribesman -- From Victory to Stalemate -- Needed: Real Change -- The Way Ahead. " This revelatory, unprecedented, insider's account of Afghanistan's history since the 1970s, and of U.S. involvement, is indispensable reading for anyone concerned about the current war.".
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 112555667
- Title
- THE WARS OF AFGHANISTAN : Messianic terrorism, tribal conflicts, and the failures of great Powers
- Author
- Peter Tomsen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1586487639
- ISBN 13
- 9781586487638
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo,.
- Keywords
- Afghanistan-Konflikt (1979-1992), Afghanistankrieg (2001),Internationale Politik., Afghanistan., Pakistan., Islam and politics -- Afghanistan., Messianism -- Afghanistan., Social conflict -- Afghanistan., Terrorism -- Afghanistan., Afghanistan -- Politic
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