TY - BOOK AU - Wahab,Shaista AU - Youngerman,Barry TI - A brief history of Afghanistan SN - 0816057613 (alk. paper) AV - DS356 .W34 2006 U1 - 958.1 22 PY - 2006///, c2007 CY - New York PB - Facts On File KW - Afghanistan KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Land and people -- Early history (Prehistory to 651) -- From the rise of Islam to the Afghan State (651-1747) -- The birth of modern Afghanistan (1747-1901) -- Twentieth century monarchy (1901-1973) -- A coup and a revolution (1973-1978) -- Soviet Afghanistan (1978-1989) -- Afghanistan in rebellion (1978-1992) -- Mujahideen rule (1992-1996) -- The Taliban era (1996-2001) -- The legacy of the Civil War -- The post-Taliban era (2001-2006) ER -