War Comes to Garmser - Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier

Informationen zum Autor Carter Malkasian spent nearly two years in the Afghan district of Garmser, in war torn Helmand province as a political officer for the US Department of State. For the last decade, he has studied war, and written about it, and worked in war zones, including long stints in Iraq's Al Anbar province. The author of Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare (named by Foreign Affairs as one of the ten books to read on counterinsurgency) and A History of Modern Wars of Attrition, he has also served as the director of the stability and development program at the Center for Naval Analyses. He has a Ph.D. in history from Oxford University. Klappentext War Comes to Garmser offers a fresh, original perspective on the war in Afghanistan, one that will redefine how we look at Afghanistan and at modern war in general. The author, who spent nearly two years in Garmser, a community in war-torn Helmand province, tells the story of this one small place through the jihad, the rise and fall of Taliban regimes, and American and British surge. Based on his conversations with hundreds of Afghans, including government officials, tribal leaders, religious leaders, and over forty Taliban, and drawing on extensive primary source material, Malkasian takes readers into the world of the Afghans.

Product details

• Authors: Carter Malkasian, Carter Malkasian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2016
• EAN: 9780199390014
• ISBN: 978-0-19-939001-4
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; Afghanistan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / World, military history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, 21st Century, Central Asia, Middle East, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, General & world history, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Politics and government, Asian History, General and world history, Warfare and defence, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021)