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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malkasian, Carter, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Military campaigns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 321 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

War Comes to Garmser offers a fresh, original perspective on the war in Afghanistan, one that will redefine how we look at Afghanistan and at modern war in general. 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 surge. Based on his conversations with hundreds of Afghans, including government officials, tribal leaders, religious leaders, and over forty Taliban, and drawing on extensive primary source material, Malkasian takes readers into the world of the Afghans.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

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.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780199973774

0199973776

OCLC:

843332009