Nearly 100,000 U.S. soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan at the
height of the campaign, fighting the longest war in the nation's
history. But what do Americans know about the land where this
conflict is taking place? Many have come to have a grasp of the
people, history, and geography of Iraq, but Afghanistan remains a
mystery. Originally published by the U.S. Army to provide an
overview of the country's terrain, ethnic groups, and history for
American troops and now updated and expanded for the general
public, Afghanistan Declassified fills in these gaps. Historian
Brian Glyn Williams, who has traveled to Afghanistan frequently
over the past decade, provides essential background to the war,
tracing the rise, fall, and reemergence of the Taliban. Special
sections deal with topics such as the CIA's Predator drone campaign
in the Pakistani tribal zones, the spread of suicide bombing from
Iraq to the Afghan theater of operations, and comparisons between
the Soviet and U.S. experiences in Afghanistan. To Williams, a
historian of Central Asia, Afghanistan is not merely a theater in
the war on terror. It is a primeval, exciting, and beautiful land;
not only a place of danger and turmoil but also one of hospitable
villagers and stunning landscapes, of great cultural diversity and
richness. Williams brings the country to life through his own
travel experiences-from living with Northern Alliance Uzbek
warlords to working on a major NATO base. National heroes are
introduced, Afghanistan's varied ethnic groups are explored, key
battles-both ancient and current-are retold, and this land that
many see as only a frightening setting for prolonged war emerges in
three dimensions.
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