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Heavily researched and well-written. - Goodreads Couldn't put it down, very educational. - Goodreads An overview of military history in Afghanistan. - Goodreads Bought it for reference while serving in Afghanistan. - Goodreads Review: AfghanistanUser Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsFollowing the events of September 11, 2001, the world was riveted as American military power contested the legendary warrior culture of Afghanistan. By spring 2002, America began to draw down its ... Read full review Review: AfghanistanUser Review - Subroto Chattopadhyay - GoodreadsI liked the the build up over 2000 years, didn't know much about what happened in Afghanistan at tha time, with Peter HopKirk's Great Game it comes together. Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesAfghan Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Akbar Khan Alexander Alexander’s American Amu Darya armored arms arrived artillery Asia attack Bactrian Bala Hissar Balkh battle began bomb British camp cantonment capital cavalry century column command Darius Dost Mohammed Durrani east Elphinstone Empire enemy fighters fighting fire force fought garrison Genghis Khan Ghazni Ghilzais Greek guns head Hekmatyar held helicopter Herat Hindu Kush horse hundred India infantry invaders invasion Iran Iraq Islamic Jalal Jalalabad Kabul Kandahar Khwarezm Khyber killed king Kushan Lady Sale leader Macedonian Macnaghton marched Massoud military Moghul Mongols mountains mujahideen Mullah Muslim nomads Northern Alliance officers Pakistan Panjshir Parthians Pashtun Pass Persian Peshawar population Qaeda regiments resistance retreat Russian Scythian seized Shah Shuja side siege soldiers Soviet steppe Tajik Taliban territory thousand tion today’s Transoxiana tribal tribes tribesmen troops Turkic United Uzbeks valley warriors weapons wounded wrote Bibliographic information
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