As a result of a 20-year international military campaign, Afghanistan has been at the centre of global academic and policy debates on intervention and statebuilding. Yet these debates have often been piecemeal, ahistorical and centred in western logi...Lasīt vairāk
As a result of a 20-year international military campaign, Afghanistan has been at the centre of global academic and policy debates on intervention and statebuilding. Yet these debates have often been piecemeal, ahistorical and centred in western logi...Lasīt vairāk
A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits Frighteningly, devastatingly real. - The Post In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabuls Intercontinental Hot...Lasīt vairāk
In December 1979 the USSR’s 40th Army crossed the border into Afghanistan. Special forces troops – the infamous GRU Spetsnaz – and KGB agents had already entered the country and in a fierce gun battle assassinated Afghanistan’...Lasīt vairāk
In December 1979 the USSR’s 40th Army crossed the border into Afghanistan. Special forces troops – the infamous GRU Spetsnaz – and KGB agents had already entered the country and in a fierce gun battle assassinated Afghanistan’...Lasīt vairāk
Journalist Nayanima Basu had a ringside view of the total collapse of the republic of Afghanistan at the hands of the Taliban. From 8 to 17 August 2021, based in Kabul but travelling outside and talking to Afghans across the political spectrum, she s...Lasīt vairāk
‘A deeply moving and profoundly important account not only of one soldier’s survival, but of optimism, courage, of a dogged determination to succeed whatever it takes, and of the enduring power of love between a mother and her son. The le...Lasīt vairāk
‘A deeply moving and profoundly important account not only of one soldier’s survival, but of optimism, courage, of a dogged determination to succeed whatever it takes, and of the enduring power of love between a mother and her son. The le...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Nov-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Simon & Schuster, ISBN-13: 9781668010686)
An ;essential (Kevin Maurer, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir of a young Air Force linguist coming of age in a war that is lost.When Ian Fritz joined the Air Force at eighteen, he did so out of necessity. He hadnt been accepted into co...Lasīt vairāk
Featured in Task & Purpose and Army Times."e;A riveting, unsparing, gritty, first-hand account of life in a great airborne unit that engaged in some of the toughest fighting in Afghanistan."e;-General David Petraeus, former Commander of the S...Lasīt vairāk
Featured in Task & Purpose and Army Times."e;A riveting, unsparing, gritty, first-hand account of life in a great airborne unit that engaged in some of the toughest fighting in Afghanistan."e;-General David Petraeus, former Commander of the S...Lasīt vairāk
Michael Napier details the critical role of air power in the skies over Afghanistan, from the ten-year occupation by the USSR in the 1980s through to the US and NATO campaign from 2001 to 2021.US and British forces, strongly supported by air power, i...Lasīt vairāk
Michael Napier details the critical role of air power in the skies over Afghanistan, from the ten-year occupation by the USSR in the 1980s through to the US and NATO campaign from 2001 to 2021.US and British forces, strongly supported by air power, i...Lasīt vairāk
"e;Beautifully researched and deeply moving, ( this book) brought me to tears more than once"e; -- John Simpson, The Guardian"e;First-class...exhaustively researched and sensitively written"e; -- The TimesThe extraordinary true story o...Lasīt vairāk
"e;Beautifully researched and deeply moving, ( this book) brought me to tears more than once"e; -- John Simpson, The Guardian"e;First-class...exhaustively researched and sensitively written"e; -- The TimesThe extraordinary true story o...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Feb-2023, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469673967)
As a soldier and civilian, Steven Moore has traveled from the American Midwest to Afghanistan and beyond. In those travels, hes seen what place can mean, specifically rural places, and how it follows us, changes us. What Moore has to say about rural...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Feb-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469673967)
As a soldier and civilian, Steven Moore has traveled from the American Midwest to Afghanistan and beyond. In those travels, hes seen what place can mean, specifically rural places, and how it follows us, changes us. What Moore has to say about rural...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Feb-2023, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9798890864055)
As a soldier and civilian, Steven Moore has traveled from the American Midwest to Afghanistan and beyond. In those travels, hes seen what place can mean, specifically rural places, and how it follows us, changes us. What Moore has to say about rural...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2022, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682477885)
The great nineteenth century French military thinker Ardant du Picq, argued that selfless courage is rooted in a higher moral purpose, and is found among "e;Elite Souls."e; This is a book about five such "e;Elite Souls,"e; all highly...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Naval Institute Press, ISBN-13: 9781682477885)
The great nineteenth century French military thinker Ardant du Picq, argued that selfless courage is rooted in a higher moral purpose, and is found among "e;Elite Souls."e; This is a book about five such "e;Elite Souls,"e; all highly...Lasīt vairāk
