Afghanistan War (America at War) - ISBN:0816081190

Afghanistan War (America at War)

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Contents
PREFACE ix
1 i n aCtion, afghanistan 1
Modern Afghanistan 2
The Buffalo Mine Protected Clearance Vehicle 4
Improvised Explosive Devices 5
International Security Assistance Force 7
2 a fghanistan’s histoRy 9
Islam 13
Ethnolinguistic Groups Locations 14
Afghan Ethnic Groups 15
Mujahideen Parties 18
Afghanistan Chronology, 1919–1992 20
3 t he soviet invasion, 1979–1989 23
The Soviet Decision 24
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 26
Poor Soviet Preparation 28
Weapons from Outside 31
4 t he oRigins of al-Qaeda 37
The Muslim Brotherhood 38
The Persian Gulf War 43
Attacks on U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania 46
5 t he Rise of the taliBan 47
Madrassas and Talibs 49
Deobandi 50
Afghanistan Civil War, 1990s 51
Taliban Values 53
Chronology, 1989–2001 55
6 women duRing the taliBan
Regime 60
Afghan Women before the Taliban 61
Roots of Taliban Ideas about Women 62
The Burqa 64
Television and Hollywood Join the Cause 67
7 9/11 and afghanistan 68
The World Trade Center and the Earlier Bombing 72
Attack on the USS Cole 74
Crime or Act of War? 76
8 ameRiCans at waR,
oCtoBeR–deCemBeR 2001 79
The Northern Alliance 81
Daisy Cutter 86
A Just War? 88
9 oCCuPation and inteRnational
foRCes 91
Anaconda 94
Casualty Rates 96
ISAF Troop Commitments 98
Provincial Reconstruction Teams 100
10 the administRation of
hamid KaRzai 103
Loya Jirga 105
Political Parties in Afghanistan 108
Afghanistan Cabinet Members 110
11 u .s. deBates oveR PoliCy 114
Contrasts and Similarities 117
John Kerry on Afghanistan 120
Law Enforcement or War 122
12 PaKistan and afghanistan 123
Pashtun Tribes of the NWFP and FATA, 21st Century 124
Pakistan’s History 125
Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons 127
13 weaPons and taCtiCs 132
Topographical Map of Afghanistan 134
Soviet Tactics 135
Soviet Armor in Afghanistan 136
The Stinger 138
The Predator 142
Afghanistan War’s Distinctive Profile 144
14 t he Road ahead 149
Afghanistan and Its Neighbors 151
The Surge in Afghanistan 157
Richard Holbrooke and His Mission 158
GLOSSARY 160
FURTHER READING 164
INDEx 166

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