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The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour
The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour
The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour
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The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour

Written by Rupert Colley

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble

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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.

Britain has invaded Afghanistan twice before in the nineteenth century. Both times tenacious Afghan fighters defended their country to humiliating British defeats. The Soviet Union also discovered what a tough enemy the Afghans are after nearly a decade of conflict from 1979 to 1989. When not fighting foreign invaders, Afghanistan was torn apart by Civil War from 1990 to 1996, resulting in victory for the Taliban.

The Afghan Wars in an Hour is an excellent way to learn all about the complex wars that have been fought in Afghanistan for almost four decades. It explains who the Taliban and the Mujahedeen are, how their politics work, why Osama Bin Laden was so significant, and why it is so hard to achieve peace Afghanistan, all in just one hour.

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…

LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 2, 2012
ISBN9780007494330
The Afghan Wars: History in an Hour
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Rupert Colley

Rupert Colley was a librarian in Enfield for 22 years until September 2011. A history graduate, he launched the original History In An Hour in 2009 with a website, blog and ‘World War Two In An Hour’ as an iPhone app. He then expanded it to Kindle, iBooks and into the USA with a series of titles, and enlisted new writers by encouraging guest bloggers on the website. History In An Hour was acquired by HarperCollins in 2011.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Well written, brief informative summary of the history of Western involvement from the middle of the 19th C to present in Afghanistan.

    Good narrator.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The author is Rupert Colley and Kat Smutz. It was informative and gave me a good overview of the situation there but didn't really explain why the US went there or for so long. It seemed that Mr Bush started a war to get rid of Osama and after his death, Mr Obama should have closed the effort down == mission complete. But they didn't and Colley does not explain why we stayed so long. I don't think an hour is enough time btw too much gets thrown under the rushing for the exits.