Author : American School of Needlework
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 31,96 MB
Release : 1987-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780806965000
Provides patterns and instructions for a variety of afghans, including picture afghans, and demonstrates basic stitches
Author : McCall's Needlework
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 21,90 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN :
Knit, crochet and embroider over 65 great projects using the complete how-to instructions, patterns and diagrams.
Author : Frank L. Holt
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 21,2 MB
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0520953754
The so-called first war of the twenty-first century actually began more than 2,300 years ago when Alexander the Great led his army into what is now a sprawling ruin in northern Afghanistan. Frank L. Holt vividly recounts Alexander's invasion of ancient Bactria, situating in a broader historical perspective America's war in Afghanistan.
Author : Stephen Tanner
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,32 MB
Release : 2009-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0786722630
For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed history-shaping clashes between civilizations: Greek, Arab, Mongol, and Tartar, and, in more recent times, British, Russian, and American. When U.S. troops entered Afghanistan in the weeks following September 11, 2001, they overthrew the Afghan Taliban regime and sent the terrorists it harbored on the run. But America's initial easy victory is in sharp contrast to the difficulties it faces today in confronting the Taliban resurgence. Originally published in 2002, Stephen Tanner's Afghanistan has now been completely updated to include the crucial turn of events since America first entered the country.
Author : Joni Coniglio
Publisher : Gardners Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2004-02-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781893762176
The Great American Aran Afghan booklet features 24 squares by twenty-four knitters. Combine 20 squares of your choice for the throw and pair the additional four into accent pillows. All the information you'll need to knit The Great American Aran Afghan is included in this convenient booklet.
Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,98 MB
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1472810082
During the 19th century Britain entered into three brutal wars with Afghanistan, each one saw the British trying and failing to gain control of a warlike and impenetrable territory. The first two wars (1839–42 and 1878–81) were wars of the Great Game; the British Empire's attempts to combat growing Russian influence near India's borders. The third, fought in 1919, was an Afghan-declared holy war against British India – in which over 100,000 Afghans answered the call, and raised a force that would prove too great for the British Imperial army. Each of the three wars were plagued by military disasters, lengthy sieges and costly engagements for the British, and history has proved the Afghans a formidable foe and their country unconquerable. This book reveals the history of these three Anglo-Afghan wars, the imperial power struggles that led to conflict and the torturous experiences of the men on the ground. The book concludes with a brief overview of the background to today's conflict in Afghanistan, and sketches the historical parallels.
Author : Leisure Arts
Publisher : Leisure Arts
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 45,71 MB
Release : 2000-10
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1574866435
Snuggle up by the fire with these 24 knit afghans, the perfect shield from winter's chill. Relatively quick and easy, each solid-color wrap offers comforting warmth while adding a welcome spot of color to the gray days of winter.
Author : Susan White Sullivan
Publisher : Leisure Arts
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 41,27 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1609000323
Our Best Knit Baby Afghans: Book 2, -Here are 33 classic baby afghans in traditional patterns, such as ripples and lacy looks, that knitters have loved for generations.
Author : Kallol Bhattacharjee
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,14 MB
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9352644409
At the height of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, a complex multinational diplomacy had proposed setting up a coalition government in Kabul as a solution to the 'Afghan problem'. Even as all sides worked on the coalition, the US took steps that India considered a 'stab in the back'. With the help of the official papers collected by US ambassador John Gunther Dean and conversations with Ronen Sen, Rajiv Gandhi's diplomatic aide during those crucial years, the author recreates the falling apart of the India-US cooperation and the catastrophic effect it had on South Asian history.
Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Crown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 21,90 MB
Release : 2007-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0767922387
2,300 years ago an unbeaten army of the West invaded the homeland of a fierce Eastern tribal foe. This is one soldier’s story . . . The bestselling novelist of ancient warfare returns with a riveting historical novel that re-creates Alexander the Great’s invasion of the Afghan kingdoms in 330 b.c. In a story that might have been ripped from today’s combat dispatches, Steven Pressfield brings to life the confrontation between an invading Western army and fierce Eastern warriors determined at all costs to defend their homeland. Narrated by an infantryman in Alexander’s army, The Afghan Campaign explores the challenges, both military and moral, that Alexander and his soldiers face as they embark on a new type of war and are forced to adapt to the methods of a ruthless foe that employs terror and insurgent tactics. An edge-of-your-seat adventure, The Afghan Campaign once again demonstrates Pressfield’s profound understanding of the hopes and desperation of men in battle and of the historical realities that continue to influence our world.
