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Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan 7 reviews
Michael Griffin
Pluto Press (UK), 2001
REVEALING
+ Some good stuff on Afghanistan
+ Insightful!
+ War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
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The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost 10 reviews
University Press of Kansas, 2002
A sometimes boring book but VERY informative and useful
+ Lots more books will come from this one.
+ I dare you to find an adjective.
+ Talk about wooden prose!
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The Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan23 reviews
Artyom Borovik
Grove Press, 2001
Very easy to read, and strikingly similiar to Vietnam War
+ good book.
+ 2 books and completely different views on the war
+ Russia's Vietnam.
+ Personal reflections
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Reconstruction and Regional Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf
Taylor & Francis, 2007
The Persian Gulf has been a recent focus of both academic and media attention. The Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988 and the events surrounding the 1991 Gulf War have further enhanced the region's strategic importance. Reconstruction and Regional Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf provides a detailed analysis of the social, political, and economic patterns of interaction between Gulf states. ...
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Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics13 reviews
Martin Ewans
Harper Perennial, 2002
A must read on this subject
+ A concise history of a turbulent country
+ A pithy review
+ Complete History of Afghanistan
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Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent4 reviews
Mamoun Fandy
Palgrave Macmillan, 2001
Cutting-edge scholarship
+ Great. Accurate. Insightful.
+ Scholarly, watertight
+ as heard on Fresh Air (NPR) 9/27/01
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The History of Saudi Arabia 8 reviews
Alexei Vassiliev
NYU Press, 2000
The true story of Saudi Arabia
+ An excellent, comprehensive tome of history
+ Saudi Arabia as you never read it
+ an excellent overview
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Afghanistan: A Military History From Alexander The Great To The Fall Of The Taliban13 reviews
Stephen Tanner
Da Capo Press, 2003
Overall Hostory of Afghanistan
+ A must read for anyone interested in operations in Afghanistan
+ Afghanistan
+ Very readable and informative
+ Afghanistan: A military history from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban
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Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan (Cambridge Middle East Library)1 review
Olivier Roy
Cambridge University Press, 1990
The best
Roy is without a doubt the best on the subject. The in depth explanation of how Afghan society integrates and conflicts with Islam is infinitly helpful in understanding everything else you will ever read on Afghanistan
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Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad
David B. Edwards
University of California Press, 2002
In this powerful book, David B. Edwards traces the lives of three recent Afghan leaders in Afghanistan's history--Nur Muhammad Taraki, Samiullah Safi, and Qazi Amin Waqad--to explain how the promise of progress and prosperity that animated Afghanistan in the 1960s crumbled and became the present tragedy of discord, destruction, and despair. Before Taliban builds on the foundation that Edwards ...
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Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism17 reviews
John K. Cooley
Pluto Press, 2002
Excellent reportage on the dark side of U.S policy
+ Like a textbook - comprehensive and factual
+ John K. Cooley is brilliant !
This book discloses the historical facts behind the rumors that the CIA did train people like Osama bin Laden as Muslim rebels to fight off the Soviets in Afghanistan in the late seventies and eighties. Well apparently it is all true. Given the author in depth research and documentation, this ...
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The Black Tulip: A Novel of War in Afghanistan27 reviews
Milt Bearden
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002
A Great Read about a Fascinating Subject
+ informative, interesting, a good read
+ Prescient Page Turner
+ a great thriller
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Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden75 reviews
Peter Bergen
Free Press, 2002
This Was Good....But Bin Laden's Mistress
+ A highly important guide to understanding one of history's most contrversial figures.
+ Excellent guide to comprehension of bin Laden
+ Useful study of the terrorist network
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Afghan Guerilla Warfare: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War1 review
A. Jalali, Lester W. Grau
Osprey Publishing, 2002
In-depth study of guerrilla tactics in the Soviet-Afghan war
A fine piece of investigative research to obtain detailed accounts of guerrilla leaders and their tactics against the Soviet army. The tactics they learned and adapted to their situation are classic studies or how-to manuals on remote mountain guerrilla warfare. A must-have inside account for ...
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Saudi Arabia: Society, Government and the Gulf Crises
Mordechai Abir
Routledge, 1993
Oil wealth facilitated Saudi Arabia's rapid modernization. Yet the resulting social changes produced tension in the kingdom between religious and state leaders, as well as between these two groups and the new elites. The Kuwait-Iraq crisis demonstrated both Saudi regional weakness and its importance to the U.S.-led West. It also increased the religious and socio-political tensions in the kingdom ...
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The Gulf Crisis and the New World Order
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Islam International Publications, 1992
The Gulf Crisis and the New World Order Dicusses the possibility of peace in the context of the gulf crisis. The perspective is unique and free from personal or political biases.
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The Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam's War Against America38 reviews
Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
Excellent Primer on GWOT
+ Amazing Breath; Amazing Detail; Limited Perspective
+ Destroying the Kingdom of Man to Establish the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.
Though slightly dated-it was published in the interim between 9/11 and the Iraq War-this book by two U.S. government anti-terrorism officials is an excellent description of what is commonly referred to as the Global War on Terror. From the mechanics of the attacks on September 11, to the ideology ...
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Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban10 reviews
Larry P. Goodson
University of Washington Press, 2001
A worthwhile read
+ Great book!
+ Read this book
+ Goodson good at facts on the ground and global implications
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The Lion's Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan 11 reviews
Jon Lee Anderson
Grove Press, 2003
The Lion's Grave, Dispactches from Afghanistan
The Lion's Grave, Dispatches from Afghanistan by Jon Lee Anderson takes you inside the first few weeks of the war in Afghanistan as American forces moved across the country. Several reporters followed the soldiers into combat, expect Anderson covered the war from the perspective of the Afghani ...
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The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International System, Second Edition5 reviews
Barnett R. Rubin
Yale University Press, 2002
The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International System
+ Fragmentation of Afganistan
+ very detailed and well researched, but a tough read
+ Solid academic political analysis
+ Solid academic political analysis
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