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Book Synopsis Check It Out Afghans by : Donna Browning-Damm
Download or read book Check It Out Afghans written by Donna Browning-Damm and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for something new in afghans? Then check these out. Who would have thought that the humble check could be the starting point for a whole new kind of afghan? In the hands of Donna Browning-Damm, checks take on a new life and turn themselves into a group of fanciful designs, all using checks as their theme. Choose the elegant Royalty Checks, or for something completely different, put together A Maze in Checks. That's really going to amaze your friends. 5 crochet designs: Royalty Checks; A Maze in Checks; Border Check Scrap Afghan; Woven Curly Checks; and Cross Check. All are Easy skill level and are made with worsted weight yarn and sizes F, G, or H crochet hooks.
Book Synopsis Weekend Afghans by : Jean Leinhauser
Download or read book Weekend Afghans written by Jean Leinhauser and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 1987 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains photos, patterns, and instructions for knitting and crocheting a variety of afghans.
Book Synopsis Out of Afghanistan by : Diego Cordovez
Download or read book Out of Afghanistan written by Diego Cordovez and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Nations mediator for the Afghanistan conflict and a foreign policy analyst provide their own interpretations of the negotiations that helped to end the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. They describe how the ideological hard line taken by the Reagan administration prolonged the conflict.
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Book Synopsis The Great Afghan Book by : American School of Needlework
Download or read book The Great Afghan Book written by American School of Needlework and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 1987-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides patterns and instructions for a variety of afghans, including picture afghans, and demonstrates basic stitches
Download or read book The Afghans written by Willem Vogelsang and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2001-11-28 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated paperback edition telling the dramatic history of the land and peoples of Afghanistan from prehistoric times to the present day. Offers a detailed history, from the Indo-Iranian invasions of the second millennium BC and Alexander the Great, through to Soviet occupation, Taliban rule, and the 'war on terror' Much description of the contemporary period is based on the author’s own research in Afghanistan Includes a new final chapter covering developments since 2001, including the fall of the Taliban, state building and foreign intervention in the region. The bibliography has also been updated.
Book Synopsis Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs by : Edward Zellem
Download or read book Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs written by Edward Zellem and published by Cultures Direct LLC . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning and world's most popular bilingual book of commonly-used Afghan Proverbs. Beautifully illustrated with 50 original artworks by Afghan high school students in Kabul. Collected and translated in Afghanistan by Edward Zellem, a U.S. Navy Captain and Dari speaker. Available at leading booksellers in over 40 countries in e-book and paperback. Awarded a QED Seal for quality in e-book design. Reads easily on screens large and small. In English and Dari with transliterations. Zarbul Masalha means "Proverbs" in Dari (Afghan Farsi). More information at afghansayings.com.
Book Synopsis Herrschner's Blue Ribbon Afghans by : Janica Lynn York
Download or read book Herrschner's Blue Ribbon Afghans written by Janica Lynn York and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create beautiful, award-winning afghans with HERRSCHNER`S BLUE RIBBON AFGHANS. Both crocheted and knitted afghans from Herrschner`s national afghan competition are presented here. The best afghans from all over the nation will suit a wide variety of tastes and styles as well as skill levels. Great designs with clear instructions and photographs will aid readers in creating over 40 projects.
Book Synopsis Afghans for All Seasons by : Leisure Arts
Download or read book Afghans for All Seasons written by Leisure Arts and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new seasonal collection pulls together 52 of the all-time best tried-and-true afghans from the experts at Leisure Arts. Stitch-by-stitch instructions and color photography make creating these afghans easy and enjoyable.
Book Synopsis Descent Into Chaos by : Ahmed Rashid
Download or read book Descent Into Chaos written by Ahmed Rashid and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how the failure of the nation building policies of the United States have contributed to increased instability in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, a result which represents the greatest threat to peace and security in the global community.
Book Synopsis Hopeless but Optimistic by : Douglas A. Wissing
Download or read book Hopeless but Optimistic written by Douglas A. Wissing and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating ground level account of the effect of absurd and inappropriate Washington strategies on Afghans and on American soldiers.”—Abdulkader Sinno, author of Organizations at War in Afghanistan & Beyond Award-winning journalist Douglas A. Wissing’s poignant and eye-opening journey across insurgency-wracked Afghanistan casts an unyielding spotlight on greed, dysfunction, and predictable disaster while celebrating the everyday courage and wisdom of frontline soldiers, idealistic humanitarians, and resilient Afghans. As Wissing hauls a hundred pounds of body armor and pack across the Afghan warzone in search of the ground truth, US officials frantically spin a spurious victory narrative, American soldiers try to keep their body parts together, and Afghans try to stay positive and strain to figure out their next move after the US eventually leaves. As one technocrat confided to Wissing, “I am hopeless—but optimistic.” Along with a deep inquiry into the 21st-century American way of war and an unforgettable glimpse of the enduring culture and legacy of Afghanistan, Hopeless but Optimistic includes the real stuff of life: the austere grandeur of Afghanistan and its remarkable people; warzone dining, defecation, and sex; as well as the remarkable shopping opportunities for men whose job is to kill. Silver Medal, War & Military, Foreword Indies Awards Silver Medal, Current Events, Independent Publisher Book Awards “A scathing dispatch from an embedded journalist in Afghanistan . . . Pungent, embittered, eye-opening observations of a conflict involving lessons still unlearned.”—Kirkus Reviews “Here we confront in granular detail the waste and folly that is America’s war in Afghanistan.”—Andrew J. Bacevich, author of The Age of Illusions
Book Synopsis A Bed of Red Flowers by : Nelofer Pazira
Download or read book A Bed of Red Flowers written by Nelofer Pazira and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young girl growing up in 1970s Afghanistan, Nelofer Pazira seems destined for a bright future. The daughter of liberal-minded professionals, she enjoys a safe, loving and privileged life. Some of her early memories include convivial family picnics and New Years’ celebrations overlooking the thousands of red flowers that carpet the hills of Mazar. But Nelofer’s world is shattered when she is just five and her father is imprisoned for refusing to support the communist party. This episode plants a “seed of anger” in her, which is given plenty of opportunity to grow as the years unfold. In 1979, the Soviets invade Afghanistan beginning a ten-year occupation. The country becomes an armed camp with Russians fighting U.S.-backed mujahidin fighters while trying to impose military rule. For Nelofer, daily life includes an endless succession of tanks, rockets screaming overhead and explosions in the street. During this time, she and her best friend, Dyana, seek refuge in their love of poetry. At eleven, the two girls throw stones at Soviet tanks and plot other acts of rebellion at the local school. As Nelofer gets older, she joins the resistance movement, distributes contraband books, studies guerilla warfare and hides a gun in her parent’s mint garden. When Nelofer’s younger brother comes home from school in military garb, the family finally decides to flee Afghanistan. What follows is a perilous, clandestine journey across rugged mountains into Pakistan. But the life of a refugee is not what Nelofer expects. Though she once idealized the mujahidin as freedom fighters, she is shocked, as a woman, to find herself stripped of her personal freedom in their midst. In 1990, Nelofer and her family are offered refugee status in Canada. Here she corresponds with her friend Dyana, whose letters reveal the increasing oppression of life under the Taliban. Fearing that her friend will kill herself, Pazira returns to Afghanistan to rescue her. This search becomes the basis for the acclaimed film Kandahar. Her journey to discover Dyana’s tragedy leads her finally to Russia, the land of her enemy, where she confronts the legacy of the Soviet invasion of her homeland first-hand. A Bed of Red Flowers is a gripping, heart-rending story about a country caught in a struggle of the superpowers – and of the real people behind the politics. Universally acclaimed for its astute insights and extraordinary humanity, Pazira’s memoir won the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize for 2005.The Winnipeg Free Press writes: “Powerfully written, A Bed of Red Flowers is a rare account of a misunderstood country and its intrepid people, trying to live ordinary lives under extraordinary circumstances.” The Gazette (Montreal) describes the book as “an outpouring of passionate non-fiction that captivates like the tales of Sheherazade.… It’s a remarkable journey. An inspiring read.”
Book Synopsis Torn Between Two Cultures by : Maryam Qudrat Aseel
Download or read book Torn Between Two Cultures written by Maryam Qudrat Aseel and published by Capital Books. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Exceptionally useful are (Aseel's) reflections on what it has meant to be a Muslim in America after September 11 . . . A fascinating multicultural coming-of-age story."--"Booklist."
Book Synopsis The Afghanistan Papers by : Craig Whitlock
Download or read book The Afghanistan Papers written by Craig Whitlock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America’s longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan, by Washington Post reporter and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig Whitlock. Unlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9/11. Yet soon after the United States and its allies removed the Taliban from power, the mission veered off course and US officials lost sight of their original objectives. Distracted by the war in Iraq, the US military become mired in an unwinnable guerrilla conflict in a country it did not understand. But no president wanted to admit failure, especially in a war that began as a just cause. Instead, the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations sent more and more troops to Afghanistan and repeatedly said they were making progress, even though they knew there was no realistic prospect for an outright victory. Just as the Pentagon Papers changed the public’s understanding of Vietnam, The Afghanistan Papers contains “fast-paced and vivid” (The New York Times Book Review) revelation after revelation from people who played a direct role in the war from leaders in the White House and the Pentagon to soldiers and aid workers on the front lines. In unvarnished language, they admit that the US government’s strategies were a mess, that the nation-building project was a colossal failure, and that drugs and corruption gained a stranglehold over their allies in the Afghan government. All told, the account is based on interviews with more than 1,000 people who knew that the US government was presenting a distorted, and sometimes entirely fabricated, version of the facts on the ground. Documents unearthed by The Washington Post reveal that President Bush didn’t know the name of his Afghanistan war commander—and didn’t want to meet with him. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted that he had “no visibility into who the bad guys are.” His successor, Robert Gates, said: “We didn’t know jack shit about al-Qaeda.” The Afghanistan Papers is a “searing indictment of the deceit, blunders, and hubris of senior military and civilian officials” (Tom Bowman, NRP Pentagon Correspondent) that will supercharge a long-overdue reckoning over what went wrong and forever change the way the conflict is remembered.
Book Synopsis Out of Afghanistan by : Diego Cordovez
Download or read book Out of Afghanistan written by Diego Cordovez and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-29 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Soviet Union pulled its forces out of Afghanistan, the American media had a simple explanation: Soviet troops had been hounded out of the mountains by U.S.-armed guerrillas--the skies cleared of Soviet aircraft by Stinger missiles--until the Kremlin was forced to cry uncle. But Diego Cordovez and Selig S. Harrison shatter this image. Out of Afghanistan shows that the Red Army was securely entrenched when the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw: American weaponry and Afghan bravery raised the costs for Moscow, but it was six years of skillful diplomacy that gave the Russians a way out. Cordovez and Harrison provide the definitive account of the Soviet blunders that led up to the invasion and the bitter struggles over the withdrawal that raged in the Soviet and Afghan Communist parties and the Reagan Administration. The authors are particularly well-suited to their task: Cordovez was the United Nations mediator who negotiated the Soviet pullout, and Harrison is a leading South Asia expert with four decades of experience in covering Afghanistan. Their story of the U.N. negotiations is interwoven with a gripping chronicle of the war years, complete with palace shootouts in Kabul, turf warfare between rival Soviet intelligence agencies, and the CIA role in building up Islamic fundamentalist guerrilla leaders at the expense of Afghan moderates. Cordovez opens up his diaries to take us behind the scenes in his negotiations, and Harrison draws on interviews with Mikhail Gorbachev, former Secretary of State George Shultz, and other key actors. The result is a book full of surprises. For example, the authors demonstrate that the Soviets intervened not out of a desire to drive to the Indian Ocean, but out of a fear of a U.S.-supported Afghan Tito. Rebuffs by hardline "bleeders" in the Reagan Administration undermined efforts by Yuri Andropov to secure a settlement before his death in 1983. Even more startling, Gorbachev resumed the search for a negotiated withdrawal more than a year before the first American-supplied Stinger missiles were deployed in the war. The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was one of the pivotal events of recent history. Out of Afghanistan destroys many of the myths surrounding the Afghan war and will have a profound impact on the emerging debate over how and why the Cold War ended.
Book Synopsis 50 Stitches for Afghans by : Darla Sims
Download or read book 50 Stitches for Afghans written by Darla Sims and published by Annie's. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of beautiful stitch patterns for everything from doilies to afghans, this crochet resource gives crafters 50 designs for making handmade blankets and decorations. The patterns provide a jumping-off point for personalizing blankets, as crafters can choose the type and total amount of yarn, the stitch gauge, and the hook size.
Book Synopsis The Search for Security in Post-Taliban Afghanistan by : Cyrus Hodes
Download or read book The Search for Security in Post-Taliban Afghanistan written by Cyrus Hodes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the middle of 2007, Afghans had become increasingly disillusioned with a state-building process that had failed to deliver the peace dividend that they were promised. For many Afghans, the most noticeable change in their lives since the fall of the Taliban has been an acute deterioration in security conditions. Whether it is predatory warlords, the Taliban-led insurgency, the burgeoning narcotics trade or general criminality, the threats to the security and stability of Afghanistan are manifold. The response to those threats, both in terms of the international military intervention and the donor-supported process to rebuild the security architecture of the Afghan state, known as security-sector reform (SSR), has been largely insufficient to address the task at hand. NATO has struggled to find the troops and equipment it requires to complete its Afghan mission and the SSR process, from its outset, has been severely under-resourced and poorly directed. Compounding these problems, rampant corruption and factionalism in the Afghan government, particularly in the security institutions, have served as major impediments to reform and a driver of insecurity. This paper charts the evolution of the security environment in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, assessing both the causes of insecurity and the responses to them. Through this analysis, it offers some suggestions on how to tackle Afghanistan’s growing security crisis.
Download or read book Afghans for All Seasons written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers 52 patterns for afghans designed for each of the four seasons.
