Afghanistan
A Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban
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Narrateur(s):
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Raymond Todd
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Auteur(s):
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Stephen Tanner
À propos de cet audio
Afghanistan's military history provides lessons for us today. The earliest written records inform us of fierce mountain tribes on the eastern edge of the cradle of civilization. Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan on his way from Persia to India. Later, because of its strategic location (the Silk Road passed through its mountainous northern region) Afghanistan was invaded in succession by Arabs, Mongols, and Tartars. In the nineteenth century, Great Britain tried, and failed, to add Afghanistan to its Indian empire, while Russia tried to expand into the same embattled land. Afghanistan once again fought, and defeated, a secular government in the face of rising Islamic resistance.
America has faced a new enemy on this land, a land that for centuries has become a graveyard of empires past.
©2002 Stephen Tanner (P)2000 Blackstone AudiobooksCe que les critiques en disent
"This is a noteworthy and valuable book: accessible, objective, informative, and informed." (Amazon.com)