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Afghanistan / David Downing.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Witness to history (Heinemann Library (Firm))Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2004.Description: 56 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1403448647 (HC)
  • 1403455236 (PB)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS371.2 .D695 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
How do we know? -- Afghanistan before 1978 -- The 1978 coup -- Opposition -- Civil war -- Soviet intervention -- Help for the Mujahedin -- The military conflict -- Life for Afghans in the mid-1980s -- The wider impact of the war in Afghanistan -- The Soviet withdrawal -- Najibullah -- Mujahedin disunity -- A country in ruins -- The rise of the Taliban -- Life under the Taliban -- A woman's place -- A sanctuary for terrorists -- September 11 -- Operation Enduring Freedom -- A new government -- Prospects -- What have we learned from Afghanistan?
Summary: Uses primary source material to examine the history of Afghanistan and recent events that have increased its importance in the realm of world politics.
List(s) this item appears in: Middle East Book Award
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Juvenile Collection Juvenile Collection Albright College Library Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction Children's collection J 958.104 D751a (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856002132494
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 53) and index.

How do we know? -- Afghanistan before 1978 -- The 1978 coup -- Opposition -- Civil war -- Soviet intervention -- Help for the Mujahedin -- The military conflict -- Life for Afghans in the mid-1980s -- The wider impact of the war in Afghanistan -- The Soviet withdrawal -- Najibullah -- Mujahedin disunity -- A country in ruins -- The rise of the Taliban -- Life under the Taliban -- A woman's place -- A sanctuary for terrorists -- September 11 -- Operation Enduring Freedom -- A new government -- Prospects -- What have we learned from Afghanistan?

Uses primary source material to examine the history of Afghanistan and recent events that have increased its importance in the realm of world politics.

Middle East Book Award, honorable mention in younger reference category.

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