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9780080407227
Assesses Afghanistan's place as a pawn between Britain and Imperial Russia and later in the Cold War, plus its transition from a quasi-medieval region to nation-state riven by civil war.O'Ballance, Edgar is the author of 'Afghan Wars, 1839-1992: What Britain Gave up and the Soviet Union Lost', published 1993 under ISBN 9780080407227 and ISBN 0080407226.
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