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Frank L. Holt
Format Paperback
Dimensions 5.40 (w) x 8.10 (h) x 0.80 (d)
Pages 264
Publisher University of California Press
Publication Date 10/3/2012
ISBN 9780520274327
Book ISBN 10 0520274326
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The so-called first war of the twenty-first century actually began more than 2,300 years ago when Alexander the Great led his army into what is now a sprawling ruin in northern Afghanistan. Frank L. Holt vividly recounts Alexander's invasion of ancient Bactria, situating in a broader historical perspective America's war in Afghanistan.

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"Frank Holt...narrates [Alexander's] struggle in clear prose that makes this ancient campaign come alive and gives greater appreciation for the challenges that confront all counterinsurgents in Afghanistan—including the U.S. troops still fighting there more than a decade after 9/11."—Wall Street Journal
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