Thoughts from the Library

Begin a conversation about the long term effects of U.S. support of Afghan Mujahideen with The Soviet-Afghan War: A Cold War Chess Piece. Examine the two essays, formulate new questions and create investigative news reports.

Check out what the McShain Library has on this subject:

Ghost wars : the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001 / Steve Coll.

The rise and fall of the Taliban / Kelly Barth, book editor.

The Hidden war a Russian journalist’s account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan by Artyom Borovik

Taliban : militant Islam, oil, and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid.