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Author Martin, Mike, 1951-

Title An intimate war : an oral history of the Helmand conflict, 1978/2012 / Mike Martin
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 389 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Pre-1978 Helmandi history -- From the Saur revolution to the Soviet withdrawal, 1978-89 -- From the Soviet withdrawal to the US intervention, 1989-2001 --From the US intervention to the return of the Angrez, 2001-6 -- From the return of the Angrez to US re-engagement, 2006-9 -- From US re-engagement: 'counterinsurgency, 2009-12
Summary An Intimate War tells the story of the last thirty-four years of conflict in Helmand Province, Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of the Helmandis. In the West, this period is often defined through different lenses - the Soviet intervention, the civil war, the Taliban, and the post-2001 nation-building era. Yet, as experienced by local inhabitants, the Helmand conflict is a perennial one, involving the same individuals, families and groups, and driven by the same arguments over land, water and power. This book - based on both military and research experience in Helmand and 150 interviews in Pashto - offers a very different view of Helmand from those in the media. It demonstrates how outsiders have most often misunderstood the ongoing struggle in Helmand and how, in doing so, they have exacerbated the conflict, perpetuated it and made it more violent - precisely the opposite of what was intended when their interventions were launched. Mike Martin's oral history of Helmand underscores the absolute imperative of understanding the highly local, personal, and nonideological nature of internal conflict in much of the 'third' world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-374) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Taliban -- History
International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
SUBJECT International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) fast
Taliban fast
Subject Internal security -- Afghanistan -- Helmand
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Helmand
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Participation, British
Public opinion -- Afghanistan -- Helmand
HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Internal security
Military campaigns
Military participation -- British
Politics and government
Public opinion
SUBJECT Helmand (Afghanistan) -- History, Military
Helmand (Afghanistan) -- Politics and government
Helmand (Afghanistan) -- History, Local
Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001522
Subject Afghanistan
Afghanistan -- Helmand
Genre/Form History
Local history
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190237912
0190237910
Other Titles Oral history of the Helmand conflict, 1978/2012