Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History, Second Edition PB_Gift_Guide Shy and new in town

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Endlessly funny and sincere

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Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History, Second Edition PB_Gift_Guide Shy and new in townAfghanistan is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how a land conquered and ruled by foreign dynasties for more than a thousand years became the "graveyard of empires" for the British, the Soviets, and the United States. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide