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1) The Taliban
Publisher
Greenhaven Press, Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Explores the issues surrounding the identity of the Taliban by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction • A New York Times bestseller
“The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.” —The New York Review of Books
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Directorate S and The Achilles Trap comes the explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan.
To...
“The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.” —The New York Review of Books
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Directorate S and The Achilles Trap comes the explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan.
To...
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this memoir, General Franks retraces his journey from a small-town boyhood in Oklahoma and Midland, Texas, through a lifetime of military service--including his heroic tour as an Artillery officer in Vietnam, where he was wounded three times. A reform-minded Cold War commander and a shrewd tactician during Operation Desert Storm, Franks took command of CENTCOM at the dawn of what he calls a "crease in history" -- becoming the senior American military...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Love and War in Afghanistan presents true stories of fourteen ordinary men and women living in Northern Afghanistan. In a quarter-century of uninterrupted war, the people of Afghanistan have endured foreign invasions, ethnic strife, a fundamentalist Islamic totalitarian regime, and the unending crossfire of rival warlord factions. The country remains an object of fascination for journalists, academics, and filmmakers from around the world. In the...
9) The Taliban phenomenon: Afghanistan 1994-1997 : with an afterword covering major events since 1997
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent suicide explosions. With the city and the military on edge, it was not uncommon for an armed soldier to point his gun at the pregnant woman's bulging stomach, terrified that she was hiding a bomb. Frightened and in pain, she was once forced to make her way on foot. Propelled by the love she held for...
20) Chasing freedom
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After barely escaping the unspeakable horrors of her Taliban-controlled homeland, Meena arrives in the U.S. only to have her freedoms stripped again. Now she must convince her lawyer and herself that she is worth fighting for. Inspired by a true story.
