Historical Dictionary of Afghan Wars, Revolutions, and Insurgencies, 2nd edition

This title, issued as the Dictionary of Afghan Wars, Revolutions, and Insurgencies, was the first volume published in the Scarecrow Press Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest series in 1996. Such is the continuing bloody history of Afghanistan that this work is the first one of the 30‐strong series to be revised. Since its foundation in 1747, Afghanistan has suffered almost continuous tribal warfare and there have been three Anglo‐Afghan wars, battles between the Russian‐backed Marxist government in Kabul and a coalition of tribal armies, a Taliban takeover, and now, in the midst of a war against...