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Author:

Malkasian, Carter, 1975-

Title:

War Comes to Garmser : Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier / Carter Malkasian.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xxiv, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Malkasian, Carter,--1975-
Helmand (Afghanistan)--History, Military.
Afghan War, 2001---Campaigns--Helmand.--Helmand.
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.
Postwar reconstruction--Helmand.--Helmand.
Helmand (Afghanistan)--Politics and government.
Helmand (Afghanistan)--Ethnic relations.
Taliban--History.
Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
Helmand River Valley (Afghanistan)--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-310) and index.

Contents:

List of names -- List of tribes and political entities -- Glossary of terms -- Preface: Small places -- Grand plans -- The jihad -- Civil war -- The Taliban regime -- Victory into defeat -- The second Taliban regime -- Pushing farther south -- Wakil Manan, Mian Poshtay, and the riots -- The Alizai return -- The Taliban counter-offensive -- Winning the peace -- Conclusion: the end or the intermission?.

ISBN:

019997375X (hardback : acid-free paper)
9780199973750 (hardback : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)812257213

LCCN:

2012045788

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)