War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier

by Carter Malkasian

Book Overview

If you want to understand Afghanistan, writes Carter Malkasian, you need to understand what has happened on the ground, in the villages and countryside that were on the frontline. These small places are the heart of the war. Modeled on the classic Vietnam War book, War Comes to Long An, Malkasian's War Comes to Garmser promises to be a landmark account of the war in Afghanistan. The author, who spent nearly two years in Garmser, a community in war-torn...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019997375X
• ISBN13: 9780199973750
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.3" x 6.4"