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MILITARY HISTORY

NEW NEW FORTHCOMING

Afghanistan at War The Roots and Russian Revolution

From the 18th-Century Consequences of Civil of 1917
Durrani Dynasty to Wars and Revolutions The Essential
the 21st Century Reference Guide
Conflicts That
TOM LANSFORD, EDITOR Changed World History SEAN N. KALIC AND
GATES M. BROWN, EDITORS
SPENCER C. TUCKER

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Covering wars and conflicts of
Afghanistan from the modern founding This book treats 30 important civil Combining reference entries and
of the country in the 1700s to the wars and revolutions across the world, examination of primary documents
contemporary struggle with the Taliban, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, from the Russian Revolution, this book
this single-volume reference analyzes Europe, and the Middle East, covering gives students a better understanding of
the causes and results of Afghanistan’s a broad swath of recorded history from how and why political forces fought to
wars and examines leading political and ancient times to the present. reshape the Russian empire 100 years
military figures, weapons, and tactics. ago—and provides keen insights into the
FEATURES Soviet Union that resulted.
FEATURES • Provides the reader with an
• Provides readers with a thorough informative, accessible account of FEATURES
background on the wars of important world revolutions and civil • Provides a detailed history of the
Afghanistan that allows them to wars that have shaped our present Russian Revolution, addressing events
understand the influence of past world from the abdication of Czar Nicholas II
conflicts on current strife • Includes introductory essays that help to the Bolshevik Revolution
• Enables a more complete appreciation readers understand the causes and
of the ethnic and religious effects of each war
complexities that fuel the ongoing SEAN N. KALIC, PhD, is professor
conflict in Afghanistan of military history in the Department
SPENCER C. TUCKER, PhD, is senior of Military History at the U.S. Army
• Examines how past Afghan conflicts Command and General Staff College,
contributed to the rise of terrorism fellow in military history for ABC-CLIO where he has taught since 2004.
and the author or editor of more than
and figures such as Osama bin Laden 50 books and encyclopedias, many of GATES M. BROWN, PhD, is assistant
which have received major awards. professor of military history at the U.S.
Army Command and General Staff
TOM LANSFORD, PhD, is professor College at Fort Leavenworth, KS.
of political science at the University of
Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, MS.

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