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Article: The Afghanistan Wars.(Book Review)
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- Canadian Journal of History
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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The Afghanistan Wars by William Maley. New York, Palgrave McMillan, 2002. x, 340 pp. $21.95 US (paper).
Professor Maley's present book is a straightforward chronological narrative of events spanning the coming of Afghan Communists to power in 1978, Soviet invasion and withdrawal, the anti-Soviet Afghan Jihad, collapse of Communist regimes, the Mujahideen's civil wars, the rise and rule of the Taliban, the September 11, 2001 tragedy, and the consequent American military action that led to the fleeing of Taliban and al-Qaida forces from Kabul in November 2001.
Its magisterial narrative is aptly documented, making it all the more valuable for both ...