Butcher and bolt : [two hundred years of foreign engagment in Afghanistan]
Loyn, David2008
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Afghanistan has been a strategic prize for foreign empires for more than 200 years. The British, Russians and Americans have all fought across its beautiful and inhospitable terrain, in conflicts variously ruthless, misguided and bloody. This text brings to life the personalities involved in Afghanistan's relationship with the world.
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Imprint:
London : Hutchinson, 2008.
Collation:
xl, 351 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Maps on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-330) and index.
ISBN:
9780091921408 (hbk)0091921406 (hbk)
Dewey class:
958.1958.1046
Language:
English
BRN:
368804
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