Afghan wars
Subtitle: 1839 to present
By: What Britain Gave Up and the Soviet Union Lost (1993 edition)
Edition: Rev. ed. 2002
Publisher: Brassey's Defence Publishers
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781857533088
First sentence: This is a brief account of the five wars Afghanistan has experienced since 1839, which span the turbulent century and a half of its modern history, prior to which it was more a geographical region than a nation state. (vii 1993 edition).
Description: AFGHAN WARS describes a country's tumultuous history and its transition from a quasi-medieval region into a nation state riven by civil war. It tells the tale osf British colonial wars, occupation, coups and assassinations throughout two terrible centuries of political stalemate and subterfuge.  BACK COVER BLURB 1993 edition.
Notes: Table of contents: 1993 edition.
Table of contents: pagenum: vii
class: section
title: Preface; pagenum: xi
title: Acknowledgrments; pagenum: xiii
title: List of Maps; pagenum: xv
title: Chronology; title: The First Anglo-Afghan War: 1839-42
pagenum: 001
label: 1.; title: The Second Anglo-Afghan War: 1878-81
pagenum: 029
label: 2.; label: 3.
pagenum: 050
title: The Third Anglo-Afghan War: 1919; title: Afghan Politcal Development
pagenum: 072
label: 4.; title: The Soviet Military Invasion: 1979
pagenum: 089
label: 5.; title: The Mujahideen: 1982-83
pagenum: 115
label: 6.; label: 7.
pagenum: 135
title: The Long Haul: 1984-85; label: 8.
pagenum: 150
title: The Soviets Change Horses: 1986; label: 9.
pagenum: 162
title: The Year of the Stinger: 1987; title: Soviet Military Withdrawal: 1988-89
pagenum: 177
label: 10.; label: 11.
pagenum: 197
title: Civil War; title: The Elusive Peace
pagenum: 216
label: 12.; label: 13.
pagenum: 241
title: Variable Options; pagenum: 245
title: Abbreviations; pagenum: 247
title: Bibliography; pagenum: 249
title: Index