A Passage to Nuristan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Passage to Nuristan write by Nicholas Barrington. This book was released on 2005-12-20. A Passage to Nuristan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A first hand account of extraordinary travel, it is a reminiscent of "Short Walk in the Hindu Kush". This book about Afghanistan is highly topical. Despite its recent upheavals, for most of the twentieth century Afghanistan was a sleepy, faraway place of little interest to outsiders. Nowhere was the romance and mystery attached to the country more dramatically expressed than in its Nuristan region (formerly Kafiristan - Land of Infidels). Here, the spectacular mountains and lush but inaccessible valleys have, for centuries, been home to one of the world's least known peoples. Isolated in their mountain villages, the Nuristanis were only converted to Islam at the end of the nineteenth century. "A Passage to Nuristan" is the story of three young westerners - a Briton, an American and a German - who in 1960 set out to penetrate a land that few westerners had set eyes on. Unable to rely on maps or information on what would confront them, they were guided step by precarious step into the unknown world previously immortalised by Kipling's "The Man Who Would be King". This is the contemporary record - now published for the first time - of an extraordinary journey. It will fascinate all who are interested in Afghanistan, Central Asia and travel. At the same time it captures the essence of a time and a place now gone forever.
A Passage to Nuristan
A Passage to Nuristan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Passage to Nuristan write by Nicholas Barrington. This book was released on 2005. A Passage to Nuristan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A first hand account of extraordinary travel, it is a reminiscent of "Short Walk in the Hindu Kush". This book about Afghanistan is highly topical. Despite its recent upheavals, for most of the twentieth century Afghanistan was a sleepy, faraway place of little interest to outsiders. Nowhere was the romance and mystery attached to the country more dramatically expressed than in its Nuristan region (formerly Kafiristan - Land of Infidels). Here, the spectacular mountains and lush but inaccessible valleys have, for centuries, been home to one of the world's least known peoples. Isolated in their mountain villages, the Nuristanis were only converted to Islam at the end of the nineteenth century. "A Passage to Nuristan" is the story of three young westerners - a Briton, an American and a German - who in 1960 set out to penetrate a land that few westerners had set eyes on. Unable to rely on maps or information on what would confront them, they were guided step by precarious step into the unknown world previously immortalised by Kipling's "The Man Who Would be King". This is the contemporary record - now published for the first time - of an extraordinary journey. It will fascinate all who are interested in Afghanistan, Central Asia and travel. At the same time it captures the essence of a time and a place now gone forever."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Mountain Warfare
Mountain Warfare - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mountain Warfare write by Fouad Sabry. This book was released on 2024-05-29. Mountain Warfare available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What is Mountain Warfare Mountain warfare or alpine warfare is warfare in mountains or similarly rough terrain. The term encompasses military operations affected by the terrain, hazards, and factors of combat and movement through rough terrain, as well as the strategies and tactics used by military forces in these situations and environments. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Mountain warfare Chapter 2: Indian Army Chapter 3: 10th Mountain Division (United States) Chapter 4: Nuristan Province Chapter 5: Ski warfare Chapter 6: Northern Light Infantry Regiment Chapter 7: Jungle warfare Chapter 8: Cold-weather warfare Chapter 9: Counterinsurgency Chapter 10: Kunar Province (II) Answering the public top questions about mountain warfare. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Mountain Warfare.
Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania
Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania write by Barbara A. West. This book was released on 2010-05-19. Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents an alphabetical listing of information on the peoples of Asia and Oceania including origins, prehistory, history, culture, languages, and relationships to other cultures.
Envoy
Envoy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Envoy write by Nicholas Barrington. This book was released on 2013-12-13. Envoy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nicholas Barrington began his dramatic diplomatic career with a post in Afghanistan at a time the country was barely known to the world's headline writers. The narrative of his 37 year career in the British Foreign Office is woven with compelling insights on the countries to which he was posted and which are focal points of international attention: Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt and Pakistan. Serving in Iran during the political storm of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, he had to navigate his way through the drama of a new political order, while his time in Cairo coincided with the assassination of President Sadat. In his rich and varied career, Barrington served as High Commissioner to Pakistan, a subject on which he writes authoritatively. Exploring the complex power relations between Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif and examining the multifaceted conflicts in Kashmir and Afghanistan, this book sheds an invaluable new light on the interaction between Islam, the West and British Foreign Policy in the 20th Century. With erudition and wit, these unique memoirs will prove essential reading for those seeking to understand the political tensions and international issues of the post-war world.
