Afghanistan revealed : beyond the headlines /
Richards, Caroline,compiler.
Stewart, Jules,compiler.
Choegyal, Lisa,editor of compilation.
Includes bibliographical references.
A brief history of Afghanistan from the dawn of time until 1901 / Bijan Omrani -- The Anglo-Afghan wars / Jules Stewart -- A total way of being / Magsie Hamilton Little -- Pakistan's "badlands" / Victoria Schofield -- The Pashtuns / Humayun Khan -- The last kings of Afghanistan / David Loyn -- The consequences of a failed state, 1978-2001 / Robert Johnson -- War amongst the people / Robert Johnson -- The China gambit / Yossef Bodansky -- Habib--an Eastern Western / Whitney Azoy -- Dancing with darkness / Magsie Hamilton Little -- Afghan food and culture / Helen Saberi -- Afghan endgame / Ahmed Rashid -- After the "war economy" / John Dowdy and Andrew Erdmann -- Rules of Afghan disengagement / Greg Mills and Anthony Arnott -- Epilogue / Clare Lockhart.