Afghanistan at War
From the 18th-Century Durrani Dynasty to the 21st Century
Herausgeber: Lansford, Tom
Afghanistan at War
From the 18th-Century Durrani Dynasty to the 21st Century
Herausgeber: Lansford, Tom
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Covering wars and conflicts of Afghanistan from the modern founding of the country in the 1700s to the contemporary struggle with the Taliban, this single-volume reference analyzes the causes and results of Afghanistan's wars and examines leading political and military figures, weapons, and tactics. Afghanistan has been embroiled in war and conflict throughout the latter part of the 20th century as well as the current millennium, but due to its location at the crossroads of Central Asia, Afghanistan has also endured repeated conquests throughout its turbulent earlier times. Examining…mehr
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- Verlag: ABC-CLIO
- Seitenzahl: 632
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 38mm
- Gewicht: 1368g
- ISBN-13: 9781598847598
- ISBN-10: 1598847597
- Artikelnr.: 44709246
- Verlag: ABC-CLIO
- Seitenzahl: 632
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2017
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 38mm
- Gewicht: 1368g
- ISBN-13: 9781598847598
- ISBN-10: 1598847597
- Artikelnr.: 44709246
List of Primary Documents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
A-Z ENTRIES Afghan Army
History
Forces
and Tactics
Afghan Civil War (1989-2001)
Afghan War (2001-)
Afghanistan
Border Disputes
Afghanistan
Climate and Geography
Afghanistan
Ethnic Groups
Afghanistan
Nationalism
Afghan-Pakistani Border Raids (2002-)
Afghan-Sikh Wars (Durrani-Sikh Wars) (1748-1837)
Afghan-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (1931)
Afghan-Soviet Treaty of Friendship (1921)
Afridi (Khyberee) Tribe
Airborne Units and Tactics
Aircraft
Types and Tactics
Al Qaeda
Ali Masjid
Battle of (1878)
Amin
Hafizullah
Andropov
Yuri
Anglo-Afghan Treaty (1809)
Anglo-Afghan Treaty (1905)
Anglo-Afghan War: First (1839-1842)
Anglo-Afghan War: Second (1878-1880)
Anglo-Afghan War: Third (1919)
Anglo-Marri Wars (1840
1880
and 1917-1918)
Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission
Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907
Antiaircraft Missiles
Arghandab
Battle of (1987)
Armored Vehicles
Artillery
Cannons
and Mortars
Auchinleck
Sir Claude
Auckland
Sir George Eden
Earl of
Avitabile
Paolo
Baghdad Pact (Central Treaty Organization)
Bagram Air Base
Bala Hissar
Barakzai
Barno
David W.
Bearden
Milton
Berntsen
Gary
Bhutto
Benazir
Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali
Bin Laden
Osama
Blair
Tony
Blood
General Sir Bindon
Bolan Pass
Bonn Agreement (2001)
Brezhnev
Leonid
British Cantonment
Kabul
British Colonial Army
Forces and Tactics
Browne
Sir Samuel (Sam)
Brzezinski
Zbigniew
Buddhas of Bamiyan
Burnes
Sir Alexander ("Sekundar")
Bush
George H. W.
Bush
George W.
Carter
Jimmy
Carter Doctrine
Cavagnari
Major Sir Pierre L. N.
Cavalry and Cavalry Tactics
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Chamberlain
Sir Neville Bowles
Chernenko
Konstantin
Churchill
Sir Winston
Civil Military Operations
Civilian Casualties
Clinton
Bill
Coalition
Forces and Tactics (2001-)
Cold War (1947-1989)
Communications in Military Operations
Cordovez
Diego
Cruise Missile Strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (1998)
Damghan
Battle of (1729)
Dargai Heights
Battle of (1897)
Deobandi School
Disraeli
Benjamin
Dobbins
James
Dost Mohammad
Dostum
Abdul Rashid
Drone Strikes
Dubs
Adolf "Spike
" Durand
Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand Line
Durrani
Ahmad Shah
Durrani
Mahmud Shah
Durrani
Shuja Shah
Durrani
Timur Shah
Durrani
Zaman Shah
Durrani Empire (1747-1818)
Elphinstone
Mountstuart
Elphinstone
William George Keith
Embassy Bombings (1998)
Franks
Tommy
Frontier Corps
Gailani
Pir Sayyid Ahmad
Gandamak
Battle of (1842)
Gandamak
Treaty of (1879)
Gates
Robert Michael
Geneva Accords (1988)
Ghani
Mohammad Ashraf
Ghazni
Battle of (1839)
Ghilzai
Gorbachev
Mikhail
Great Game
The
Gromov
Boris
Gromyko
Andrei
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
Gul
Hamid
Gulabzoy
Sayyed Mohammad
Gulnabad
Battle of (1722)
Haig
Alexander
Haq
Abdul
Haqqani
Jalaluddin
Haqqani Network
Harkay ul-Mujahideen (HuM)
Harlan
Josiah
Hazara Uprisings (1888-1901)
Hazaras
Hekmatyar
Gulbuddin
Helmand Valley
Helmand Valley Project
Herat
Siege of (1837-1838)
Herat
Uprising (1979)
Hostages and Kidnapping
Hotak
Mir Wais
Hotaki Empire (1709-1738)
Humanitarian Aid Operations
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
India
Relations with Afghanistan
Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate of Pakistan
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Iran (Persia)
Relations with Afghanistan
Iraq War (2003-)
Islamic Movement of Afghanistan ( Harakat-i Islami-yi Afghanistan)
Islamic Party (Hezb-e Islami)
Islamic Revolutionary Movement (Harakati Inqilabi Islami)
Islamic Society (JIA) ( Jamiat-e Islami)
Islamic State (ISIS
ISIL
DAESH)
Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen (Ittehad-e Islami Mujahideeni Afghanistan)
Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami Afghanistan)
Jagdalak Pass
Jalalabad
Battle of (1989)
Jalalabad
Siege of (1842)
Jamrud
Battle of (1837)
Kabul
Retreat from (1842)
Kabul
Siege of (1996)
Kabulov
Zamir
Kalakani
Habibullah (Bacha-i Saqao)
Kandahar
Battle of (1880)
Karmal
Babrak
Karzai
Hamid
Kazemi
Syed Mustafa
Khalis
Mohammad Yunus
Khan
Abdur Rahman
Khan
Amanullah
Khan
Habibullah
Khan
Jan Mohammed
Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar
Khan
Mir Masjidi
Khan
Mohammad Akbar
Khan
Mohammad Hashim
Khan
Mohammad Ismail
Khan
Mohammad Yakub
Khan
Mohammed Daoud
Khan
Nasrullah
Khan
Shah Mahmud
Khan
Sher Ali
Khistmand
Sultan Ali
Khost
Sieges of (1980-1989)
Khost Rebellion (1924-1925)
Khyber
Mir Akbar
Khyber Pass
Landmines
Lockhart
Sir William
Loya Jirga
Lytton
Edward Robert Bulwer
First Earl of Lytton
Macnaghten
Sir William Hay
Madrasahs
Maiwand
Battle of (1880)
Malakand Field Force (1897)
Maratha Empire (1674-1818)
Marja
Battle of (2010)
Massoud
Ahmed Shah
Mazari
Abdul Ali
McChrystal
Stanley
McNeill
Dan K.
Metcalfe
Charles
Mohan Lal
Mohaqeq
Mohammed
Mohmand Campaigns
Mojaddedi
Sibghatullah
Moorcroft
William
Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
Muhsini
Ayatollah Asef
Mujahideen
Musharraf
Pervez
Nadiri
Sayyid Mansur
Najibullah
Mohammed
Narcoterrorism
Nation Building and Economic Development in Afghanistan (2001-)
National Fatherland Front (Jabha-yi Milli-yi Padarwatan)
National Front of Afghanistan (Jabhe Melli)
National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (Mahaz-i Milli Islami)
National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Jumbish-i Milli Islami Afghanistan)
National Liberation Front (Jabha-i Najat-i Milli)
Nawaz Sharif
Muhammad
9/11
War on Terror
and Afghanistan (2001-)
Nongovernmental Organizations and Private Volunteer Organizations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Northern Alliance
Nott
Sir William
Nur
Atta Mohammad
Obama
Barack
Omar
Mullah Mohammed
Operation Anaconda (2002)
Operation Enduring Freedom (2001-2014)
Operation Storm 333 (1979)
Operations Red Wings I
II
and Whalers (2005)
Opium Poppy Production
Pakistan
Relations with Afghanistan
Panipat
Battle of (1761)
Panjdeh Crisis (1885)
Panjshir Campaigns (1980-1985)
Pashtunization
Pashtuns (Pushtuns)
Pashtunwali (Pukhtunwali)
Peiwar Kotal
Battle of (1878)
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)
Peshawar
Treaty of (1855)
Peshawar Accords (1992)
Petraeus
David
Pollock
Sir George
Popalzai
Pottinger
Eldred
Pottinger
Sir Henry
Precision-Guided Weapons
Psychological Operations in Afghanistan
Qala-i-Jangi
Battle of (2001)
Qizil-Bash
Rabbani
Burhanuddin
Rabbani
Mullah Muhammed
Raj
British (1858-1947)
Ranjit Singh
Maharaja
Rawalpindi
Treaty of (1919)
Reagan
Ronald W.
Reagan Doctrine
Richards
Sir David
Rifles
Light Arms
and Machine Guns
Roberts
Sir Abraham
Roberts
Sir Frederick Sleigh (Lord)
Rodionov
Igor
Roos-Keppel
George Olaf
Rumsfeld
Donald
Russia (Soviet Union)
Relations with Afghanistan
Rutskoi
Alexander
Saidullah ("Mullah Mastun")
Sale
Florentia
Sale
Sir Robert Henry ("Fighting Bob")
Saragarhi
Battle of (1897)
Sarandoy
Saur Revolution (1978-1979)
Sayaf
Abdurab Rasul
Schroen
Gary
Security Firms and Defense Contractors
Shah
Mohammed Nadir
Shah
Mullah Ahmed
Shah
Nadir
Sherpur
Battle of (1879)
Shevardnadze
Eduard
Shultz
George
Shutargardan Pass
Sokolov
Sergey
Soviet Invasion and Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989)
Soviet Union
Forces and Tactics
Special Operations Forces
State Information Service (KhAD) (Khidamat-i Ittilaat-i Dawlati)
Stewart
Sir Donald
Stoddart
Charles
Takur Ghar
Battle of (2002)
Taliban
Taliban
Forces and Tactics
Taliban Insurgency
Tanai
Shahnawaz
Taraki
Nur Muhammad
Tarzi
Mahmud
Tarzi
Soraya
Terrorism
Tirah Campaign (1897-1898)
Tomsen
Peter
Tora Bora
Battle of (2001)
Transport and Logistics
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Relations with Afghanistan
United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan
United States
Forces and Tactics (2001-)
United States
Relations with Afghanistan
Urgun
Siege of (1983-1984)
Ustinov
Dmitry Fedorovich
Varennikov
Valentin
Victory Organization (Sazman-i Nasr)
Vitkevich
Ivan Viktorovich
Wahhabism
Wanat
Battle of (2008)
Warburton
Sir Robert
Wardak
Abdul Rahim
Warlords
Wilson
Charles Nesbitt
Women
Role in Combat
World War I and Afghanistan (1914-1918)
World War I and Afghanistan
Turko-German Missions (1914-1918)
World War II and Afghanistan (1939-1945)
Yazov
Dmitry Timofeyevich
Zahir Shah
Mohammed
Zawahiri
Ayman al-
Zhawar
Battles of (1985-1986)
Zia ul-Haq
Muhammad
Recommended Resources
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
List of Primary Documents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology
A-Z ENTRIES Afghan Army
History
Forces
and Tactics
Afghan Civil War (1989-2001)
Afghan War (2001-)
Afghanistan
Border Disputes
Afghanistan
Climate and Geography
Afghanistan
Ethnic Groups
Afghanistan
Nationalism
Afghan-Pakistani Border Raids (2002-)
Afghan-Sikh Wars (Durrani-Sikh Wars) (1748-1837)
Afghan-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (1931)
Afghan-Soviet Treaty of Friendship (1921)
Afridi (Khyberee) Tribe
Airborne Units and Tactics
Aircraft
Types and Tactics
Al Qaeda
Ali Masjid
Battle of (1878)
Amin
Hafizullah
Andropov
Yuri
Anglo-Afghan Treaty (1809)
Anglo-Afghan Treaty (1905)
Anglo-Afghan War: First (1839-1842)
Anglo-Afghan War: Second (1878-1880)
Anglo-Afghan War: Third (1919)
Anglo-Marri Wars (1840
1880
and 1917-1918)
Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission
Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907
Antiaircraft Missiles
Arghandab
Battle of (1987)
Armored Vehicles
Artillery
Cannons
and Mortars
Auchinleck
Sir Claude
Auckland
Sir George Eden
Earl of
Avitabile
Paolo
Baghdad Pact (Central Treaty Organization)
Bagram Air Base
Bala Hissar
Barakzai
Barno
David W.
Bearden
Milton
Berntsen
Gary
Bhutto
Benazir
Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali
Bin Laden
Osama
Blair
Tony
Blood
General Sir Bindon
Bolan Pass
Bonn Agreement (2001)
Brezhnev
Leonid
British Cantonment
Kabul
British Colonial Army
Forces and Tactics
Browne
Sir Samuel (Sam)
Brzezinski
Zbigniew
Buddhas of Bamiyan
Burnes
Sir Alexander ("Sekundar")
Bush
George H. W.
Bush
George W.
Carter
Jimmy
Carter Doctrine
Cavagnari
Major Sir Pierre L. N.
Cavalry and Cavalry Tactics
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Chamberlain
Sir Neville Bowles
Chernenko
Konstantin
Churchill
Sir Winston
Civil Military Operations
Civilian Casualties
Clinton
Bill
Coalition
Forces and Tactics (2001-)
Cold War (1947-1989)
Communications in Military Operations
Cordovez
Diego
Cruise Missile Strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (1998)
Damghan
Battle of (1729)
Dargai Heights
Battle of (1897)
Deobandi School
Disraeli
Benjamin
Dobbins
James
Dost Mohammad
Dostum
Abdul Rashid
Drone Strikes
Dubs
Adolf "Spike
" Durand
Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand Line
Durrani
Ahmad Shah
Durrani
Mahmud Shah
Durrani
Shuja Shah
Durrani
Timur Shah
Durrani
Zaman Shah
Durrani Empire (1747-1818)
Elphinstone
Mountstuart
Elphinstone
William George Keith
Embassy Bombings (1998)
Franks
Tommy
Frontier Corps
Gailani
Pir Sayyid Ahmad
Gandamak
Battle of (1842)
Gandamak
Treaty of (1879)
Gates
Robert Michael
Geneva Accords (1988)
Ghani
Mohammad Ashraf
Ghazni
Battle of (1839)
Ghilzai
Gorbachev
Mikhail
Great Game
The
Gromov
Boris
Gromyko
Andrei
Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
Gul
Hamid
Gulabzoy
Sayyed Mohammad
Gulnabad
Battle of (1722)
Haig
Alexander
Haq
Abdul
Haqqani
Jalaluddin
Haqqani Network
Harkay ul-Mujahideen (HuM)
Harlan
Josiah
Hazara Uprisings (1888-1901)
Hazaras
Hekmatyar
Gulbuddin
Helmand Valley
Helmand Valley Project
Herat
Siege of (1837-1838)
Herat
Uprising (1979)
Hostages and Kidnapping
Hotak
Mir Wais
Hotaki Empire (1709-1738)
Humanitarian Aid Operations
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
India
Relations with Afghanistan
Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate of Pakistan
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Iran (Persia)
Relations with Afghanistan
Iraq War (2003-)
Islamic Movement of Afghanistan ( Harakat-i Islami-yi Afghanistan)
Islamic Party (Hezb-e Islami)
Islamic Revolutionary Movement (Harakati Inqilabi Islami)
Islamic Society (JIA) ( Jamiat-e Islami)
Islamic State (ISIS
ISIL
DAESH)
Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen (Ittehad-e Islami Mujahideeni Afghanistan)
Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami Afghanistan)
Jagdalak Pass
Jalalabad
Battle of (1989)
Jalalabad
Siege of (1842)
Jamrud
Battle of (1837)
Kabul
Retreat from (1842)
Kabul
Siege of (1996)
Kabulov
Zamir
Kalakani
Habibullah (Bacha-i Saqao)
Kandahar
Battle of (1880)
Karmal
Babrak
Karzai
Hamid
Kazemi
Syed Mustafa
Khalis
Mohammad Yunus
Khan
Abdur Rahman
Khan
Amanullah
Khan
Habibullah
Khan
Jan Mohammed
Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar
Khan
Mir Masjidi
Khan
Mohammad Akbar
Khan
Mohammad Hashim
Khan
Mohammad Ismail
Khan
Mohammad Yakub
Khan
Mohammed Daoud
Khan
Nasrullah
Khan
Shah Mahmud
Khan
Sher Ali
Khistmand
Sultan Ali
Khost
Sieges of (1980-1989)
Khost Rebellion (1924-1925)
Khyber
Mir Akbar
Khyber Pass
Landmines
Lockhart
Sir William
Loya Jirga
Lytton
Edward Robert Bulwer
First Earl of Lytton
Macnaghten
Sir William Hay
Madrasahs
Maiwand
Battle of (1880)
Malakand Field Force (1897)
Maratha Empire (1674-1818)
Marja
Battle of (2010)
Massoud
Ahmed Shah
Mazari
Abdul Ali
McChrystal
Stanley
McNeill
Dan K.
Metcalfe
Charles
Mohan Lal
Mohaqeq
Mohammed
Mohmand Campaigns
Mojaddedi
Sibghatullah
Moorcroft
William
Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
Muhsini
Ayatollah Asef
Mujahideen
Musharraf
Pervez
Nadiri
Sayyid Mansur
Najibullah
Mohammed
Narcoterrorism
Nation Building and Economic Development in Afghanistan (2001-)
National Fatherland Front (Jabha-yi Milli-yi Padarwatan)
National Front of Afghanistan (Jabhe Melli)
National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (Mahaz-i Milli Islami)
National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Jumbish-i Milli Islami Afghanistan)
National Liberation Front (Jabha-i Najat-i Milli)
Nawaz Sharif
Muhammad
9/11
War on Terror
and Afghanistan (2001-)
Nongovernmental Organizations and Private Volunteer Organizations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Northern Alliance
Nott
Sir William
Nur
Atta Mohammad
Obama
Barack
Omar
Mullah Mohammed
Operation Anaconda (2002)
Operation Enduring Freedom (2001-2014)
Operation Storm 333 (1979)
Operations Red Wings I
II
and Whalers (2005)
Opium Poppy Production
Pakistan
Relations with Afghanistan
Panipat
Battle of (1761)
Panjdeh Crisis (1885)
Panjshir Campaigns (1980-1985)
Pashtunization
Pashtuns (Pushtuns)
Pashtunwali (Pukhtunwali)
Peiwar Kotal
Battle of (1878)
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)
Peshawar
Treaty of (1855)
Peshawar Accords (1992)
Petraeus
David
Pollock
Sir George
Popalzai
Pottinger
Eldred
Pottinger
Sir Henry
Precision-Guided Weapons
Psychological Operations in Afghanistan
Qala-i-Jangi
Battle of (2001)
Qizil-Bash
Rabbani
Burhanuddin
Rabbani
Mullah Muhammed
Raj
British (1858-1947)
Ranjit Singh
Maharaja
Rawalpindi
Treaty of (1919)
Reagan
Ronald W.
Reagan Doctrine
Richards
Sir David
Rifles
Light Arms
and Machine Guns
Roberts
Sir Abraham
Roberts
Sir Frederick Sleigh (Lord)
Rodionov
Igor
Roos-Keppel
George Olaf
Rumsfeld
Donald
Russia (Soviet Union)
Relations with Afghanistan
Rutskoi
Alexander
Saidullah ("Mullah Mastun")
Sale
Florentia
Sale
Sir Robert Henry ("Fighting Bob")
Saragarhi
Battle of (1897)
Sarandoy
Saur Revolution (1978-1979)
Sayaf
Abdurab Rasul
Schroen
Gary
Security Firms and Defense Contractors
Shah
Mohammed Nadir
Shah
Mullah Ahmed
Shah
Nadir
Sherpur
Battle of (1879)
Shevardnadze
Eduard
Shultz
George
Shutargardan Pass
Sokolov
Sergey
Soviet Invasion and Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989)
Soviet Union
Forces and Tactics
Special Operations Forces
State Information Service (KhAD) (Khidamat-i Ittilaat-i Dawlati)
Stewart
Sir Donald
Stoddart
Charles
Takur Ghar
Battle of (2002)
Taliban
Taliban
Forces and Tactics
Taliban Insurgency
Tanai
Shahnawaz
Taraki
Nur Muhammad
Tarzi
Mahmud
Tarzi
Soraya
Terrorism
Tirah Campaign (1897-1898)
Tomsen
Peter
Tora Bora
Battle of (2001)
Transport and Logistics
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Relations with Afghanistan
United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan
United States
Forces and Tactics (2001-)
United States
Relations with Afghanistan
Urgun
Siege of (1983-1984)
Ustinov
Dmitry Fedorovich
Varennikov
Valentin
Victory Organization (Sazman-i Nasr)
Vitkevich
Ivan Viktorovich
Wahhabism
Wanat
Battle of (2008)
Warburton
Sir Robert
Wardak
Abdul Rahim
Warlords
Wilson
Charles Nesbitt
Women
Role in Combat
World War I and Afghanistan (1914-1918)
World War I and Afghanistan
Turko-German Missions (1914-1918)
World War II and Afghanistan (1939-1945)
Yazov
Dmitry Timofeyevich
Zahir Shah
Mohammed
Zawahiri
Ayman al-
Zhawar
Battles of (1985-1986)
Zia ul-Haq
Muhammad
Recommended Resources
About the Editor and Contributors
Index