Afghanistan, Stephen Tanner
Afghanistan, Stephen Tanner
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Afghanistan

Author: Stephen Tanner

Narrator: Raymond Todd

Unabridged: 13 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads not only for armies but also for clashes between civilizations. An understanding of the military history of that bloodsoaked land is essential now as America faces a new enemy on this land, a land that for centuries has become a graveyard of empires past.

About Stephen Tanner

Stephen Tanner is a military historian. He served with US special forces in Italy in World War II and, following his graduation from Yale University, in the US Department of State from 1949 to 1969. He is the author of Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban, Epic Retreats: From 1776 to the Evacuation of Saigon, and Refuge from the Reich.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett

I really enjoyed this one. It was full of information and well documented. I did not feel blasted with obscure facts and felt the reading was smooth in my opinion. I learned a great deal and learned about Alexander the Great, the Huns, the Arabs, the Mongols, the British, and the Soviets in Afghanis......more

Goodreads review by R.f.k

كتاب تاريخي يتحدث عن تاريخ أفغانستان العسكري وعن طبيعة هذا البلد القاسية وماتحتويه من قبائل وأعراق مختلفه..هذا البلد عانى عقود من الحروب والغزو الاجنبي وحدثت بة مجازر عظمية..وعدم قدر المحتل سيطرة على البلد ..العجيب في هذا الشعب أنه عندما يتم غزوه من قوى اجنبيه يتحدوا لمقاتلته وعندما يتم طرد المحتل ي......more