Ghost of Afghanistan : (Record no. 68175)

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015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
National bibliography number GBB178564
Source bnb
016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER
Record control number 015837606
Source Uk
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781846274305 (hardback)
International Standard Book Number 1846274303 (hardback)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (StEdNL)4554566
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Original cataloging agency StDuBDS
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency StDuBDS
Modifying agency StEdNL
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Authentication code ukscp
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 958.1047
Edition number 22
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 958.1047
Item number STE-G
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Steele, Jonathan.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Ghost of Afghanistan :
Medium [Book] :
Remainder of title the haunted battleground /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jonathan Steele.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Portobello Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 437 pages : ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A masterful blend of graphic reporting, illuminating interviews, and insightful analysis. Ghosts of Afghanistan is the first account of Afghanistan's turbulent recent history by an independent eyewitness. Jonathan Steele, an award-winning journalist and commentator, has covered the country since his first visit there as a reporter in 1981. He tracked the Soviet occupation and the communist regime of Najibullah, which held the Western-backed resistance at bay for three years after the Soviets left. He covered the arrival of the Taliban to power in Kabul in 1996, and their retreat from Kandahar under the weight of U.S. bombing in 2001. Most recently Steele has reported from the epicenter of the Taliban resurgence in Helmand. Ghosts of Afghanistan turns a spotlight on the numerous myths about Afghanistan that have bedeviled foreign policy-makers and driven them to repeat earlier mistakes. Steele has conducted numerous interviews with ordinary Afghans, two of the country's Communist presidents, senior Soviet occupation officials, as well as Taliban leaders, Western diplomats, NATO advisers, and United Nations negotiators. Comparing the challenges facing the Obama Administration as it seeks to find an exit strategy with those the Kremlin faced in the 1980s, Steele cautions that military victory will elude the West just as it eluded the Kremlin. Showing how and why Soviet efforts to negotiate an end to the war came to nothing, he explains how negotiations today could put a stop to the tragedies of civil war and foreign intervention that have afflicted Afghanistan for three decades.
521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE
Target audience note All.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Afghan War, 2001-
General subdivision Political aspects.
852 ## - LOCATION
Piece designation 54619
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Classification part 958.1047 STE-G
Sublocation or collection 2nd Floor
Former shelving location Books
Copy number 1
Piece physical condition 1-New
Location JZL-CUI
Holdings
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09/12/2023   958.1047 STE-G 2nd Floor 09/12/2023 Books         Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 54619 Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 09/12/2023