Afghanistan Books


The other side of the mountain : Mujahideen Tactics in the Sovier-Afghan War (SuDoc D 214.13:M 86)The other side of the mountain : Mujahideen Tactics in the Sovier-Afghan War (SuDoc D 214.13:M 86)Afghanistan The Bear Trap: The Defeat of a SuperpowerAfghanistan The Bear Trap: The Defeat of a Superpower
Best Price: $70.60
How did the horrendous situation in Afghanistan, with all its implications for recent events and...
The Soviet Afghanistan experience as a reflection of Soviet strategic culture (USAWC military studies program paper)The Soviet Afghanistan experience as a reflection of Soviet strategic culture (USAWC military studies program paper)Divisive factors and Afghanistan's quest for national unity (Islamabad papers)Divisive factors and Afghanistan's quest for national unity (Islamabad papers)Between two giants: Afghanistan in the nineteenth century ; a study of tribalism and imperialism by Sayed Qassim RishtiyaBetween two giants: Afghanistan in the nineteenth century ; a study of tribalism and imperialism by Sayed Qassim Rishtiya
Best Price: $49.00


Summary of the report submitted by Homayoun Shah Assefy, member of the delegation sent to Pakistan by His Majesty Mohammad Zaher Shah, the former King ... of a united front of the Afghan resistanceSummary of the report submitted by Homayoun Shah Assefy, member of the delegation sent to Pakistan by His Majesty Mohammad Zaher Shah, the former King ... of a united front of the Afghan resistanceNightmares over Afghanistan.(Cover Story): An article from: AirpowerNightmares over Afghanistan.(Cover Story): An article from: Airpower
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This digital document is an article from Airpower, published by Sentry Books, Inc. on July 1,...
England, India, and Afghanistan and The story of Afghanistan;:  or, Why the Tory government gags the Indian press; a plea for the weak against the strong,England, India, and Afghanistan and The story of Afghanistan;: or, Why the Tory government gags the Indian press; a plea for the weak against the strong,Letters of a once Punjab frontier force officer: To his nephew giving his ideas on fighting on the north west frontier and in AfghanistanLetters of a once Punjab frontier force officer: To his nephew giving his ideas on fighting on the north west frontier and in AfghanistanOperation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their FamiliesOperation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families
?Here is what you will not find in the news?the personal cost of war written as clear and...


Culture and Customs of Afghanistan (Culture and Customs of Asia)Culture and Customs of Afghanistan (Culture and Customs of Asia)
Afghanistan has been at the crossroads of many cultures and civilizations, occupying a unique...
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our TimesCharlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times
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Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile is an incredible yet true story of perhaps the largest...
The 9/11 Commission ReportThe 9/11 Commission Report
I downloaded this without looking at the sample (well - it was 99c) but this is a poor transfer...
AFGHANISTAN: ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS IN: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 2</i>AFGHANISTAN: ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS IN: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 2
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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North...
The First Afghan War, and its CausesThe First Afghan War, and its Causes
This volume is from 1879. The First Afghan War written by Major General Henry Marion Durand,...

Embracing the Occupiers: Conversations with the Future Leaders of Afghanistan and Iraq (Praeger Security International)Embracing the Occupiers: Conversations with the Future Leaders of Afghanistan and Iraq (Praeger Security International)
This is the first book to examine how Fulbright scholars-individuals almost certain to be movers...
Returning from the War on Terrorism: What Every Iraq, Afghanistan, and Deployed Veteran Needs to Know to Receive Their Maximum BenefitsReturning from the War on Terrorism: What Every Iraq, Afghanistan, and Deployed Veteran Needs to Know to Receive Their Maximum Benefits
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are approximately 26 million veterans in the United...
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second EditionTaliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition
Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban?the world?s most extreme and...
CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM WAR & CONFLICT in World History and Catholic ProphecyCHRISTIAN-MUSLIM WAR & CONFLICT in World History and Catholic Prophecy
The troubling 1,300-year history of Christian-Muslim warfare and its prophetic implications are...
Afghanistan: The Terrible Decade 1978-1988Afghanistan: The Terrible Decade 1978-1988
Best Price: $187.01

TalibanTaliban
Best Price: $16.56
Days after the Taliban had fled the city of Kandahar, the Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak...
The Battle for Helmand: The Paras in Southern AfghanistanThe Battle for Helmand: The Paras in Southern Afghanistan
When this book first arrived on my desk, my immediate impression was that it sought to tell in...
The History of Bahawalpur: With Notices of the Adjacent Countries of Sindh, Afghanistan, Multan, andThe History of Bahawalpur: With Notices of the Adjacent Countries of Sindh, Afghanistan, Multan, and
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and BeloochistanCaravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
The Expedition Into Afghanistan: Notes And Sketches Descriptive Of The Country (1842)The Expedition Into Afghanistan: Notes And Sketches Descriptive Of The Country (1842)
Best Price: $38.34
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations,...

Around AfghanistanAround Afghanistan
Best Price: $25.35
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Trigger TimeTrigger Time
Now Zad, Afghanistan: a small unit of British soldiers are beseiged on a hilltop, surrounded by...
The Afghan Diaries of Captain George Felix Howland 1935-1936The Afghan Diaries of Captain George Felix Howland 1935-1936
Best Price: $21.89
Afghanistan: The Mirage of PeaceAfghanistan: The Mirage of Peace
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Widely portrayed as the "success of the war on terror," Afghanistan is now in crisis....
Charlie Wilson's WarCharlie Wilson's War
Best Price: $10.54
In the last decade, two events have transformed the world: the collapse of the Soviet Union and...

Samira and SamirSamira and Samir
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It would be easy to read this book simply as further evidence of the damage caused by gender...
Afghanistan - Aid, Armies and EmpiresAfghanistan - Aid, Armies and Empires
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As the battle for Afghanistan intensifies, with humanitarian workers increasingly finding...
No Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran to AfghanistanNo Room for Error: The Covert Operations of America's Special Tactics Units from Iran to Afghanistan
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When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special Tactics" team in the late...
Three Camels to Smyrna: Times of War and Peace in Turkey, Persia, India, Afghanistan & Nepal 1907-1986 -  The Story of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers CompanyThree Camels to Smyrna: Times of War and Peace in Turkey, Persia, India, Afghanistan & Nepal 1907-1986 - The Story of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Company
Best Price: $174.83
La prison pour delit d'espoir: Medecin en Afghanistan (French Edition)La prison pour delit d'espoir: Medecin en Afghanistan (French Edition)
Best Price: $31.56

Afganistan: Islamskaia oppozitsiia : istoki i tseli (Russian Edition)Afganistan: Islamskaia oppozitsiia : istoki i tseli (Russian Edition)Afghanistan of the AfghansAfghanistan of the AfghansAfghanistan's Transport Sector: On the Road to RecoveryAfghanistan's Transport Sector: On the Road to Recovery
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There are portions in Afghanistan major road network some of which are links to neighboring...
Desert of DeathDesert of Death
Best Price: $3.50
Desert of Death - or Dasht-e-Margo - is the locals' name for the barren terrain of...
Every Rock, Every Hill: a Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and AfghanistanEvery Rock, Every Hill: a Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan

Tribalism and Rural Society in the Islamic World (History and Society in the Islamic World)Tribalism and Rural Society in the Islamic World (History and Society in the Islamic World)
This is an anthropological study of tribal societies in the modern world with particular...
Afghanistan: The Soviet Union's Last WarAfghanistan: The Soviet Union's Last War
Best Price: $49.95
Even though the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is often viewed as their Vietnam, there are...
Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War (Soviet (Russian) Study of War)Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War (Soviet (Russian) Study of War)
This is one of the most inciteful books I've ever come across on the subject of...
The Bear Went Over the Mountain:  Soviet Combat Tactics in AfghanistanThe Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
Best Price: $187.64
I believe this book originally started off as a Military paper, which got published and sold. ...
Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War (Soviet Russian Study of War)Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War (Soviet Russian Study of War)
Best Price: $29.95
An in-depth look at Afghan guerrilla tactics After a 10-year manhunt, the mastermind of one of...

Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International TerrorismUnholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism
Best Price: $108.48
There's a good book struggling to get out of this mess, but in the end it remained securely...
Hunting al Qaeda: A Take-No-Prisoners Account of Terror, Adventure, and DisillusionmentHunting al Qaeda: A Take-No-Prisoners Account of Terror, Adventure, and Disillusionment
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I thought this was a really good book, and it contains the best explanation I have ever read of...
Friendly Fire: The Untold Story of the U.S. Bombing that Killed Four Canadian Soldiers in AfghanistanFriendly Fire: The Untold Story of the U.S. Bombing that Killed Four Canadian Soldiers in Afghanistan
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This is an amazing book and tells the story of the events that are before and after the friendly...
Heroes of the Age: Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies)Heroes of the Age: Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies)
Best Price: $28.92
Much of the political turmoil that has occurred in Afghanistan since the Marxist revolution of...
The Rule of Law in Afghanistan: Missing in InactionThe Rule of Law in Afghanistan: Missing in Inaction
Best Price: $35.05
How, despite the enormous investment of blood and treasure, has the West's ten-year...

A Million Bullets - The Real Story of the British Army in AfghanistanA Million Bullets - The Real Story of the British Army in AfghanistanFire in Afghanistan 1914-1929: The First Opening to the West Undone by Tribal Ferocity Years Before the TalibanFire in Afghanistan 1914-1929: The First Opening to the West Undone by Tribal Ferocity Years Before the Taliban
Best Price: $22.00
The tug-of-war between old and new began in Afghanistan in the 1920's when King Amanullah...
Is America Helping Afghanistan? (At Issue Series)Is America Helping Afghanistan? (At Issue Series)
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Afghanistan (Current Controversies)Afghanistan (Current Controversies)
Best Price: $14.00
Recovering the Frontier State: War, Ethnicity, and the State in AfghanistanRecovering the Frontier State: War, Ethnicity, and the State in Afghanistan
Best Price: $25.00
This book examines the prospects for rebuilding state and nation in Afghanistan with regard to...

Drugs, Oil, and War: The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina (War and Peace Library)Drugs, Oil, and War: The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina (War and Peace Library)
Best Price: $95.12
Peter Dale Scott's brilliantly researched tour de force illuminates the underlying forces...
Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy From Korea to AfghanistanMagic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy From Korea to Afghanistan
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In his C-span interview for this book, the author was asked if he believed America has done...
Afghanistan - Its History, And Our Dealings With ItAfghanistan - Its History, And Our Dealings With It
Best Price: $26.21
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now...
War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan and AsiaWar at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan and AsiaU.S. Army Special Operations In AfghanistanU.S. Army Special Operations In Afghanistan
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U.S. Army Special Operations in Afghanistan chronicles the "boots on the ground"...

The Bandit of Kabul:  Episode Two of the Series "As The Prayer Wheel Turns"The Bandit of Kabul: Episode Two of the Series "As The Prayer Wheel Turns"
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If "The Bandit of Kabul" writer/adventurer Jerry Beisler were to revisit Afghanistan...
Heroes Among Us: Firsthand Accounts of Combat from America's Most Decorated Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)Heroes Among Us: Firsthand Accounts of Combat from America's Most Decorated Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)
Best Price: $64.99
True stories of courage from the frontlines. Over one million Americans have served in Iraq...
The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and AfghanistanThe Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan
Best Price: $8.47
"Jamail's human portrait of the men and women who turned away from the project of...
Fragile Mideast Countries: Afghanistan and Yemen (Politics and Economics of the Middle East)Fragile Mideast Countries: Afghanistan and Yemen (Politics and Economics of the Middle East)
Best Price: $126.71
With limited natural resources, a crippling illiteracy rate and high population growth, Yemen...
Power Struggle Over Afghanistan: An Inside Look at What Went Wrong--and What We Can Do to Repair the DamagePower Struggle Over Afghanistan: An Inside Look at What Went Wrong--and What We Can Do to Repair the Damage
Best Price: $6.69
An insightful political analysis from the former UN special representative to Afghanistan. ...

Jihad!: The Secret War in AfghanistanJihad!: The Secret War in Afghanistan
Best Price: $12.00
I read this book in the wake of the September 11th attacks 2001, at that time it appeared that...
The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's LeaderThe Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader
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Peter Bergen is one of the few western journalists to have interviewed Osama Bin laden in...
Conflict Afghanistan (U.S. History Wall Maps)Conflict Afghanistan (U.S. History Wall Maps)
Best Price: $139.00
With the fall of the Taliban in 2001, trouble continued in Afghanistan. The Conflict In...
Under a Sickle Moon: A Journey Through AfghanistanUnder a Sickle Moon: A Journey Through Afghanistan
Best Price: $5.00
Hodson succeeds because he avoids the self congratulatory tone of many of this kind of travel...
Networks of Democracy: Lessons from Kosovo for Afghanistan, Iraq, and BeyondNetworks of Democracy: Lessons from Kosovo for Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond
Best Price: $54.92
In 1999, the United Nations embarked on a massive intervention in Kosovo. This book compares...

The Conflict in Afghanistan (Flashpoints)The Conflict in Afghanistan (Flashpoints)
Discusses the origins, events, conclusion, and aftermath of the conflict in Afghanistan...
Other Side of the Mountain (v. 3)Other Side of the Mountain (v. 3)On the Trail of a Lion: Tracking down Ahmed Shah MassoudOn the Trail of a Lion: Tracking down Ahmed Shah Massoud
Best Price: $195.06
I bought this book to read about Massoud. As hinted by the title, it seemed like a wise choice....
The Afghan Syndrome: The Soviet Union's VietnamThe Afghan Syndrome: The Soviet Union's Vietnam
Best Price: $0.45
Afghanistan of the AfghansAfghanistan of the Afghans
Best Price: $433.76
This book gives a great glimpse of what Afghanistan was - it's a trip back in time to a land...

Desert of DeathDesert of Death
Best Price: $3.50
Desert of Death - or Dasht-e-Margo - is the locals' name for the barren terrain of...
Every Rock, Every Hill: a Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and AfghanistanEvery Rock, Every Hill: a Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and AfghanistanTribalism and Rural Society in the Islamic World (History and Society in the Islamic World)Tribalism and Rural Society in the Islamic World (History and Society in the Islamic World)
This is an anthropological study of tribal societies in the modern world with particular...
Afghanistan: The Soviet Union's Last WarAfghanistan: The Soviet Union's Last War
Best Price: $49.95
Even though the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is often viewed as their Vietnam, there are...
Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War (Soviet (Russian) Study of War)Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War (Soviet (Russian) Study of War)
This is one of the most inciteful books I've ever come across on the subject of...

The Bear Went Over the Mountain:  Soviet Combat Tactics in AfghanistanThe Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
Best Price: $187.64
I believe this book originally started off as a Military paper, which got published and sold. ...
Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War (Soviet Russian Study of War)Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War (Soviet Russian Study of War)
Best Price: $29.95
An in-depth look at Afghan guerrilla tactics After a 10-year manhunt, the mastermind of one of...
Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International TerrorismUnholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism
Best Price: $108.48
There's a good book struggling to get out of this mess, but in the end it remained securely...
Hunting al Qaeda: A Take-No-Prisoners Account of Terror, Adventure, and DisillusionmentHunting al Qaeda: A Take-No-Prisoners Account of Terror, Adventure, and Disillusionment
Best Price: $0.01
I thought this was a really good book, and it contains the best explanation I have ever read of...
The Soviet War in AfghanistanThe Soviet War in Afghanistan
As a very very brief introduction to the topic, it serves good. For anyone seeking detailed...

Bookseller of KabulBookseller of Kabul
Best Price: $7.00
I am very impress, and I wish I could say more without giving away and ruining other...
The Bookseller of KabulThe Bookseller of Kabul
Best Price: $8.50
This well written, fast paced books relates the story of a middle class Afghan family a year...
Afghan Communism and Soviet InterventionAfghan Communism and Soviet Intervention
Best Price: $159.00
There have been numerous books written about Afghanistan in the years since 1979 when the Soviet...
Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan 2002-2007 (Columbia/Hurst)Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan 2002-2007 (Columbia/Hurst)
Best Price: $17.22
If you are looking to understand the war in Afghanistan from a historical perspective then this...
Afghanistan in the CinemaAfghanistan in the Cinema
Best Price: $12.56
In this timely critical introduction to the representation of Afghanistan in film, Mark Graham...

Americans and Asymmetric Conflict: Lebanon, Somalia, and Afghanistan (PSI Reports)Americans and Asymmetric Conflict: Lebanon, Somalia, and Afghanistan (PSI Reports)
Best Price: $13.89
As the War in Iraq continues to rage, many in the White House, State Department, Department of...
Afghanistan: How the West Lost Its WayAfghanistan: How the West Lost Its Way
Best Price: $14.00
In October 2001, NATO forces invaded Afghanistan. Their initial aim, to topple the Taliban...
Afghanistan: Agony of a NationAfghanistan: Agony of a Nation
A great read, dealing with courage of the Afghan people. Sandy Gall seems to explain the...
The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and PakistanThe Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Best Price: $5.99
Customer review from the Amazon Vine&#8482; Program ( What's this? ) I was...
 
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