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  • The War I Always Wanted: The Illusion of Glory and the Reality of War

    The Illusion of Glory and the Reality of War

    de Brandon Friedman ...
    Growing up in the shadows of the giant B-52 Stratofortresses that thundered away from the nearby Barksdale Air Force Base, Brandon Friedman dreamed of becoming a warrior and defending his country. But dreams of heroism and the realities of war can look very different, and when Brandon joined the army as a second lieutenant in peacetime, he had no way of knowing how his world was about to change. ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The End of Pax Britannica in the Persian Gulf, 1968-1971

    de Brandon Friedman ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book examines how the rulers in the Persian Gulf responded to the British announcement of military withdrawal from the Gulf in 1968, ending 150 years of military supremacy in the region. The British system in the Gulf was accepted for more than a century not merely because the British were the dominant military power in the region. The balance of power mattered, but so did the framework ... Leer más

    $107.99 USD

  • Geostrategic Gulf

    From World Wars to Modern Day

    Edición de Warren Chin, Brandon Friedman, Andrew Stewart ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This open access book provides an in-depth exploration of the Arabian Gulf, explaining the pivotal role of conflict in shaping this geopolitically significant region over the past century. Understanding the historical context of conflicts in this region helps explain the major ongoing tensions between major players such as Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and external powers like the UK, the United States ... Leer más

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  • Reflections of a Warrior

    Six Years as a Green Beret in Vietnam

    de Elwood J.C. Kureth ...
    Reflections of a Warrior is a Medal of Honor winner's true story—a Green Beret's six deadly years in the killing fields of Vietnam.PFC Franklin Miller arrived in Vietnam in March 1966, and saw his first combat in a Reconnaissance Platoon. So began an odyssey that would make him into one of the most feared and respected men in the Special Forces elite, who made their own rules in the chaos of war ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour

    de Rupert Colley ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Britain has invaded Afghanistan twice before in the nineteenth century. Both times tenacious Afghan fighters defended their country to humiliating British defeats. The Soviet Union also discovered what a tough enemy the Afghans are after nearly a decade of conflict from 1979 to 1989. When not fighting foreign invaders, Afghanistan was torn ... Leer más

    $1.49 USD

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  • The War for Afghanistan: A Very Brief History

    From Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History

    de Thomas J. Barfield ...
    Series Libro 9 - Princeton Shorts
    When it invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the United States sought to do something previous foreign powers had never attempted: to create an Afghani state where none existed. More than a decade on, the new regime in Kabul remains plagued by illegitimacy and ineffectiveness. What happened? As Thomas Barfield shows, the history of previous efforts to build governments in Afghanistan does much to explain ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD

  • Taliban

    The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond

    de Ahmed Rashid ...
    This New York Times best seller remains the most informative and objective account of the Taliban availableThis modern classic brings the shadowy world of the Taliban and its impact on Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Central Asia into sharp focus. Ahmed Rashid offers an authoritative account of the Taliban’s rise to power, the effects of changing American attitudes toward it, and the new faces ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The History of Saudi Arabia

    de A M Vasilev ...
    How has Saudi Arabia managed to maintain its Arab and Islamic values while at the same time adopting Western technology and a market economy? How have its hereditary leaders, who govern with a mixture of political pragmatism and religious zeal, managed to maintain their power? This comprehensive history of Saudi Arabia from 1745 to the present provides insight into its culture and politics, its ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition

    de Ahmed Rashid ...

    $12.99 USD

  • Games without Rules

    The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan

    de Tamim Ansary ...
    By the author of Destiny Disrupted: An enlightening, lively, accessible, history of Afghanistan from 1840 to today, from the Afghan point of view, that illuminates how Great Power conflicts have interrupted an ongoing, internal struggle to take form as a nation.Five times in the last two centuries, some great power has tried to invade, occupy, or otherwise take control of Afghanistan. And as Tamim ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Coup

    1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations

    de Ervand Abrahamian ...
    An "absorbing" account of the CIA's 1953 coup in Iran—essential reading for anyone concerned about Iran's role in the world today ( Harper's Magazine).In August 1953, the Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran's democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in his place. When the 1979 Iranian Revolution deposed the shah and replaced his puppet ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Battle for Syria

    International Rivalry in the New Middle East

    de Christopher Phillips ...
    An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria’s ongoing civil war“One of the best informed and non-partisan accounts of the Syrian tragedy yet published.”—Patrick Cockburn, IndependentSyria’s brutal, long-lasting civil war is widely viewed as a domestic contest that began in 2011 and only later drew foreign nations ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD