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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 Helmand province, tells the story of this one small place through the jihad, the rise and fall of Taliban regimes, and American and British surge. Based on his conversations with hundreds of Afghans, including government officials, tribal leaders, religious leaders, and over forty Taliban, and drawing on extensive primary source material, Malkasian takes readers into the world of the Afghans. Through their feuds, grievances, beliefs, and way of life, Malkasian shows how the people of Garmser have struggled for three decades through brutal wars and short-lived regimes. Beginning with the victorious but destabilizing jihad against the Soviets and the ensuing civil war, he explains how the Taliban movement formed; how, after bein

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

Author

Taliban;Malkasian, Carter

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199973774

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Military History, History

Rating

3.94 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14