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Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan

Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan


Kristian Berg Harpviken



About the Author KRISTIAN BERG HARPVIKEN is the director at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Norw...
The Wake of War: Encounters with the People of Iraq and Afghanistan

The Wake of War: Encounters with the People of Iraq and Afghanistan


Anne Nivat



Review The truth that Nivat constructs in The Wake of War is . . . compelling. Nivat is perhaps best known for her report...
The Road to Oxiana (Picador Travel Classics)

The Road to Oxiana (Picador Travel Classics)


Robert Byron



The Road to Oxiana (Picador Travel Classics)...
The Middle East in the Shadow of Afganistan and Iraq

The Middle East in the Shadow of Afganistan and Iraq


Stephen F. Larrabee



From the Inside Flap Summarizes the results of a conference that examined the impact of the Iraq war on the security of t...
Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan: With Historical Notices of the Countries Lying between Russia and ....

Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan: With Historical Notices of the Countries Lying between Russia and ....


Joseph Pierre Ferrier



Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan: With Historical Notices of the Countries Lying between Russia and .......
Afghanistan The Bear Trap: The Defeat of a Superpower

Afghanistan The Bear Trap: The Defeat of a Superpower


Mark Adkin, Mohammed Yousaf



Afghanistan The Bear Trap: The Defeat of a Superpower...
Heroes of the Age: Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies)

Heroes of the Age: Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies)


David B. Edwards



Review "Making a virtue of necessity is perhaps the most important lesson an ethnographer has to learn, and David Edwards...
Afghanistan: Political Frailty and External Interference (Routledgecurzon Studies in Middle Eastern History)

Afghanistan: Political Frailty and External Interference (Routledgecurzon Studies in Middle Eastern History)


Nabi Misdaq



Review "Every so often a book comes along that makes a significant contribution to the corpus of available Afghanistan lite...
Chasing Tales: Travel Writing, Journalism and the History of British Ideas about Afghanistan. (Studia Imagologica)

Chasing Tales: Travel Writing, Journalism and the History of British Ideas about Afghanistan. (Studia Imagologica)


Corinne Fowler



Chasing Tales: Travel Writing, Journalism and the History of British Ideas about Afghanistan. (Studia Imagologica)...
Afghanistan (Nations in Transition)

Afghanistan (Nations in Transition)


Steven Otfinoski



Afghanistan (Nations in Transition)...
Doomed in Afghanistan: A UN Officer's Memoir of the Fall of Kabul and Najibullah's Failed Escape, 1992

Doomed in Afghanistan: A UN Officer's Memoir of the Fall of Kabul and Najibullah's Failed Escape, 1992


Phillip Corwin



Review A fast-paced diary that reads like a thriller -- Washington Post About the Author During his career with t...
Militant Tricks: Battlefield Ruses of the Islamic Insurgent

Militant Tricks: Battlefield Ruses of the Islamic Insurgent


H. John Poole



Review "[John] Poole ... is America's best writer on small unit tactics and techniques.... If the people at the top w...
The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan

The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan


Eric Blehm



From Publishers Weekly The early, relatively heroic days of the conflict in Afghanistan are memorialized in this engrossi...
Aid During Conflicts: Interaction Between Military and Civilian Assistance Providers in Afghanistan

Aid During Conflicts: Interaction Between Military and Civilian Assistance Providers in Afghanistan


Olga Oliker



From the Inside Flap An assessment of humanitarian-assistance efforts by and interaction between civilian and military pr...
Afghanistan: A Military History From Alexander The Great To The Fall Of The Taliban

Afghanistan: A Military History From Alexander The Great To The Fall Of The Taliban


Stephen Tanner



Review "A carefully researched account...a worthy addition to both academic and public libraries." -- Choice September 20...
Beyond September 11: An Anthology of Dissent

Beyond September 11: An Anthology of Dissent


Phil Scraton



Review "Most of the 36 contributors to this small volume are dissenters to President George E. Bush and Prime Minister To...
A Brief History Of Afghanistan (Brief History)

A Brief History Of Afghanistan (Brief History)


Barry Youngerman, Shaista Wahab



From School Library Journal Adult/High School–A good choice for teens interested in a synoptic view of Afghanistan...
Afghanistan's Local War: Building Local Defense Forces

Afghanistan's Local War: Building Local Defense Forces


Seth G. Jones, Arturo Munoz



From the Inside Flap In Afghanistan, local communities have played a critical role in security, especially in rural areas...
Drugs in Afghanistan: Opium, Outlaws and Scorpion Tales

Drugs in Afghanistan: Opium, Outlaws and Scorpion Tales


David Macdonald



Review 'Afghanistan is seen as a major drug producer, but its own people are becoming the victims. ... David Macdonald no...
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia


Ahmed Rashid



Amazon.com Review This is the single best book available on the Taliban, the fundamentalist Islamic regime in Afghanistan...
Afghan Women: Identity and Invasion

Afghan Women: Identity and Invasion




About the Author Elaheh Rostami-Povey is a Development Studies lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Un...
The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan

The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan


Amin Tarzi, Robert D. Crews



From Publishers Weekly Observers in the 1990s marveled to see the Taliban bring order to a chaotic Afghanistan after the ...
A Brief History of Canada, 2nd Edition

A Brief History of Canada, 2nd Edition


Roger E. Riendeau



From Library Journal All too often Americans dismiss Canadians as a nondescript people living above the 49th parallel wit...
Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad

Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad


David B. Edwards



From Library Journal In 1987, the Afghan Media Resource Center (AMRC) of Williams College, based in Peshawar, Pakistan, ...
Embracing the Occupiers: Conversations with the Future Leaders of Afghanistan and Iraq (Praeger Security International)

Embracing the Occupiers: Conversations with the Future Leaders of Afghanistan and Iraq (Praeger Security International)


Jeremy S. Block



Book Description This volume examines how Fulbright scholars from Iraq and Afghanistan view the war on terror and the U.S. ...
The Land of War Elephants: Travels Beyond the Pale in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India

The Land of War Elephants: Travels Beyond the Pale in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India


Mathew Wilson



Review "Tells a riveting tale." -- Passport Newsletter "Wilson's passionate yet unsentimental account reminds us these th...
The Afghanistan Wars

The Afghanistan Wars


William Maley



Review "Maley's book is arguably the key text both for students and researchers on Afghanistan's recent history. Underpin...
War's Offensive on Women: The Humanitarian Challenge in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan

War's Offensive on Women: The Humanitarian Challenge in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan


Julie A. Mertus



Review Both a well-informed treatise and a practical guide to action to address the gender-based violence of war and its ...
Media and the Politics of Failure: Great Powers, Communication Strategies, and Military Defeats (The Palgrave Macmillan Series in Internatioal Political Communication)

Media and the Politics of Failure: Great Powers, Communication Strategies, and Military Defeats (The Palgrave Macmillan Series in Internatioal Political Communication)


Laura Roselle



Review “This is a great little text. It is original, concisely written, packs a lot of argument and data into just 1...
Afghanistan: A Modern History

Afghanistan: A Modern History


Angelo Rasanayagam



Review "...this is the most clear, accessible, and informative single volume available for general audiences...highly rec...