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Afghanistan: A Military History From Alexander The Great To The Fall Of The Taliban
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by Stephen Tanner
Sales Rank: 16500
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Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
Published by: Da Capo Press; New Ed edition July 8, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0306812339
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0306812330
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
From AudioFile
This work is filled with remarkable scholarship, covering nearly 2,500 years and drawing from a vast number of sources. Raymond Todd handles the names of the many nationalities, locations, and individuals well. Generally, his strong tenor voice is pleasant, but at times his reading is stilted, a quality that may actually have more to do with the prose. The story of Afghanistan is more interesting than most would realize. Its geographic location has placed it at the center of various empires and given it longstanding geopolitical significance. M.L.C. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Choice September 2003
"A carefully researched accounta worthy addition to both academic and public libraries."
Reader Reviews
This book is an excellent introduction to the "big" history of modern-day Afghanistan, providing an overview of empire building and collapsing (either Afghans pushing outward or others pushing inwards), succeeding waves of tribes and armies moving through the region, etc. For anyone interested in having an understanding of Afghanistan with some historical depth to it, this book is one I would, consequently, recommend. Where the author falls flat, in my opinion, is when he begins to pontificate on how the United States should have pursued its intervention in that nation. In this instance he betrays a minimal level of understanding ("where were the light parts of the 1st Infantry Division?" being a question he asks, apparently unaware that the current answer is that such don't exist, for instance). The book does redeem itself a bit in looking at the future of Afghanistan, with the author proposing a rather novel notion of modelling the Afghan government on that of Switzerland. The author makes a decent case for the idea, even if it might sound a bit odd.
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