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Afghanistan

Adamec, Ludwig W. Dictionary of Afghan Wars, Revolutions and Insurgencies. Scarecrow, 1997, 2001. Extensive introduction with a historical overview of the wars, followed by entries on individual wars. Includes a chronology that covers 1747 to 1996.

Adamec, Ludwig W. Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Scarecrow, 1997. Concise and well-written, with a chronology of events.

Ansary, Tamim. West of Kabul, East of New York: An Aghan American Story. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Picador, 2002. 2003. After the events of September 11, Ansary, a writer raised in Afghanistan, wrote a moving account of his experiences in the Muslim world and the West.

Elliot, Jason. Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan. Picador, 2001. An award-winning account of an adventurer's experiences in war-torn Afghanistan.

Ewans, Martin. Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics. HarperCollins, 2002. Afghan history in a nutshell, with the focus on the 19th and 20th centuries.

Goodson, Larry P. Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban. University of Washington Press, 2001. A scholarly but lucid analysis of the region published before the September 11 attacks.

Magnus, Ralph H., and Eden Naby. Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid. Rev. ed. Westview, 2002. Introduction to Afghanistan, outlining the country's history, people, and unique geographical, social, political, cultural, religious, and economic circumstances.

Marsden, Peter. The Taliban. St. Martin's, 1998. A study of Afghanistan's Islamic revivalist movement.

Rashid, Ahmed. Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. Yale University Press, 2001. An insightful look at the extremist Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

Rubin, Barnett R. The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International System. 2nd ed. Yale University Press, 2002. Detailed and comprehensive history of Afghanistan's history and turmoil from the 1978 coup onward.

For younger readers

Behnke, Alison. Afghanistan in Pictures. Rev. ed. Lerner, 2003. For readers in grades 5 to 9.

Corona, Laurel. Afghanistan. Lucent, 2002. For readers in grade 6 and up.

Greenblatt, Miriam, and Mohammad Basheer. Afghanistan. Children's Press, 2003. For readers in grades 5 to 9.

Gritzner, Jeffrey. Afghanistan. Chelsea House, 2002. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Kazem, Halima. Afghanistan. Gareth Stevens, 2003. For readers in grades 4 to 8.

Otfinoski, Steven. Afghanistan. Facts on File, 2003. For readers in grade 7 and up.

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