War comes to Garmser : thirty years of conflict on the Afghan frontier / Carter Malkasian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malkasian, Carter, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghanistan--History--2001-.

Afghanistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Hurst & Company, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If you want to understand Afghanistan, writes Carter Malkasian, you need to understand what has happened on the ground, in the villages and countryside that were on the frontline. These small places are the heart of the war. Modeled on the classic Vietnam War book, War Comes to Long An, Malkasian's War Comes to Garmser promises to be a landmark account of the war in Afghanistan. The author, who spent nearly two years in Garmser, a community in war-torn Helmand province, tells the story of this one small place through the jihad, the rise and fall of Taliban regimes, and American and British sur

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface: Small Places; 1. Grand Plans; 2. The Jihad; 3. Civil War; 4. The Taliban Regime; 5. Victory into Defeat; 6. The Second Taliban Regime; 7. Pushing Farther South; 8. Wakil Manan, Mian Poshtay, and the Riots; 9. The Alizai Return; 10. The Taliban Counter-offensive; 11. Winning the Peace; Conclusion: The End or the Intermission?; List of Names; List of Tribes and Political Entities; Glossary of Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-997376-8

OCLC:

843332009