Stephen tanner this volume provides a military history of afghanistan, including the recent operations by american and afghan forces fighting the taliban insurgency. Military history books specialist military history books. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. This shift to nearconventional warfare, as opposed to the smallscale guerilla attacks and urban terrorism in kandahar, caught everybody by surprise and forced a. This book falls under the category of popular, as opposed to academic history, and provides an example of why military history in general, and popular military history in particular, is viewed with distain in the discipline. University press of kansas, lawrence, kansas, 2017, 656 pages. A military history from alexander the great to the present lays out the countrys long history through a lens of military conflict, starting with alexander the greats march through the region prior to its becoming known as a country and ending with the american and coalition response to the events of september 11. Professor ali ahmad jalali of the national defense university has written a major onevolume history of the wars in afghanistan that is both comprehensive and readable. Created initially as a reserve officers training corps textbook, this second volume in a twovolume overview of the armys story covers the period from world war i to the early days of the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Tom barfield is a scholar whom a whole lot of other scholars, military officers and diplomats have a lot of time for, and this is a very accessible onevolume history of afghanistan. From the persians and greeks of antiquity to the british, soviet, and american powers in modern times, outsiders have led military conquests into the mountains and plains of afghanistan, leaving their indelible marks on this ancient land at the juncture of europe, asia, and the middle east. That said, the book itself is surely a pretty comprehensive account of the history from a military perspective of afghanistan. The army university press books are traditional and interactive works relevant to.
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Although the publics interest in afghanistanbased military operations may be waning, afghanistan. The purpose of the book is not to resolve army special operations doctrinal issues, to clarify or update military defi nitions, or to be the definitive history of the continuing unconventional war in afghanistan. Nathaniel philbrick argues in the hurricanes eye that by 1781, the. Greek, arab, mongol, and tartar, and, in more recent times, british, russian, and american. One of the great pleasures of writing my new book, return of a king. A military history from alexander the great to the war against the taliban gracie and the mountain growing young climbing mount leconte, emilie e. Afghanistan by stephen tanner meet your next favorite book. A military history of afghanistan, a volume in the university of kansas series modern war studies, has a value and significance beyond most military history volumes, however well done, for its value in understanding not only the past, but to the future as well. In this book ali ahmad jalali, a former interior minister of afghanistan, taps a deep understanding of his countrys distant and recent past to explore. William dalrymples top 10 books on afghanistan books. In this book ali ahmad jalali, a former interior minister of afghanistan, taps a deep understanding of his countrys distant and recent past to explore afghanistans. The australian contribution to the war in afghanistan has been known as operation slipper 2001 2014 and operation highroad from 2015 australian defence force adf operations and the size of the forces deployed have varied and adf involvement has included two major areas of activity.
This book does a nice onevolume job of summarizing afghanistans military history from alexander the greats adventures in the area all the way up to the current round of conflicts there. For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed historyshaping clashes between. Stephen tanner a complete military history of afghanistan traces more than 2,500 years of conflict, from clashes against the persians, greeks, and british, through the defeat of. With the arrival of the 10th anniversary of american military involvement in afghanistan, this book is more than timely. The best books on understanding the war in afghanistan. A huge range of specialist military history books for the military history enthusiast ranging from ancient warfare to the latest military technology. Johns military history page great site with many tour guides for battlefields and various essays and other things about military history military history blog osprey publishing one of the best publishers of military and campaign specific military history around. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed historyshaping clashes between civilizations. A military history from alexander the great to the fall of the taliban brings readers from the. Csi press publications on afghanistan army university press.
Discover the best afghan war military history in best sellers. A military history from alexander the great to the fall of the taliban by stephen tanner attempts to fill the void and provide in a single, short and accessible volume a history of afghanistan that spans the full twentyfive hundred years. Taken in historical context, the year presence of nato combat troops in afghanistan amounted to scarcely a footnote to centuries of foreign military intervention in the. The chapter on ghengis khans exploits in the area is excellent, as is the chapter on the durrani empire, the first homegrown empire. Military history of australia during the war in afghanistan. Jalalis effective use of primary and secondary sources from a. His first novel, green on blue, made military times best books list in 2015. Afghanistan is bordered by iran on the west, by pakistan on the east and south, and by turkmenistan, uzbekistan, and tajikistan on the north. A huge, mountainous, landlocked central asian state, afghanistan has defied invaders for 2,500 years. Command historians and military history detachments. The issue, looking at the books coverage of units and forces, is to see how this has been reflected in the forces expected to deliver these results. The best books on understanding the war in afghanistan five. A military history from alexander the great to the war against the.
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