Hours: 9am-6pm Monday through Friday - 9am-2pm Saturday (Marshall and Mars Hill)
10am-6pm Monday through Friday - 10am-2pm Saturday (Hot Springs)
All branches are closed on Sunday.

Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog


To lose a war : the fall and rise of the Taliban Cover Image Book

To lose a war : the fall and rise of the Taliban / Jon Lee Anderson.

Anderson, Jon Lee, (author.).

Summary:

From one of the greatest foreign correspondents of our time, whose on-the-ground reporting from Afghanistan has shaped our understanding of the country and its fate, comes the complete accounting of the era from before 9/11 to the return of the Taliban to power in 2021.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593493090
  • ISBN: 0593493095
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Revised and updated edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2025.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in the United States of America as The lion's graves, by Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, Inc., in 2002."--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface -- A note on title changes -- A lion's death -- The warlord -- In the court of the pretender -- The surrender -- City of dreams -- Holy and other warriors -- Mullah Omar's favorite songs -- The assassins -- The man in the palace -- The Americans' opium war -- Day of the superwadi -- Force and futility -- Annals of assassination -- An American way of killing (March 11, 2012) -- The ballad of Mullah Omar (July 30, 2015) -- The latest fall of Kunduz (October 6, 2015) -- The return of the Taliban (August 13, 2021) -- The end of the American empire? (September 1, 2021) -- After the fall -- Afterword.

Search for related items by subject

Subject:
Taliban.
Afghan War, 2001-2021.
Afghanistan > History > 2001-2021.

Available copies

  • 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Madison Main Library 958.104 AND (Text) 30229101318599 Adult Nonfiction Available -

Accessibility Features

Summaries & More

Awards, Reviews, & Suggested Reads

Shelf Browser

MARC Record

LDR 02383cam a2200397 i 4500
00114821850
003CARDINAL
00520250807102201.0
008250314s2025 nyua e b 001 0 eng
010 . ‡a 2025000837
035 . ‡a(OCoLC)1472584486
020 . ‡a9780593493090 ‡q(hardcover)
020 . ‡a0593493095 ‡q(hardcover)
040 . ‡aDGU/DLC ‡beng ‡erda ‡cDLC ‡dOCLCO
042 . ‡apcc
043 . ‡aa-af---
05000. ‡aDS371.412 ‡b.A554 2025
08200. ‡a958.104/7 ‡223/eng/20250510
1001 . ‡aAnderson, Jon Lee, ‡eauthor. ‡0(CARDINAL)747552
24510. ‡aTo lose a war : ‡bthe fall and rise of the Taliban / ‡cJon Lee Anderson.
250 . ‡aRevised and updated edition.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bPenguin Press, ‡c2025.
300 . ‡axxiv, 371 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c24 cm
336 . ‡astill image ‡bsti ‡2rdacontent
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
500 . ‡a"First published in the United States of America as The lion's graves, by Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, Inc., in 2002."--Title page verso.
500 . ‡aIncludes index.
5050 . ‡aPreface -- A note on title changes -- A lion's death -- The warlord -- In the court of the pretender -- The surrender -- City of dreams -- Holy and other warriors -- Mullah Omar's favorite songs -- The assassins -- The man in the palace -- The Americans' opium war -- Day of the superwadi -- Force and futility -- Annals of assassination -- An American way of killing (March 11, 2012) -- The ballad of Mullah Omar (July 30, 2015) -- The latest fall of Kunduz (October 6, 2015) -- The return of the Taliban (August 13, 2021) -- The end of the American empire? (September 1, 2021) -- After the fall -- Afterword.
520 . ‡aFrom one of the greatest foreign correspondents of our time, whose on-the-ground reporting from Afghanistan has shaped our understanding of the country and its fate, comes the complete accounting of the era from before 9/11 to the return of the Taliban to power in 2021.
61020. ‡aTaliban. ‡0(CARDINAL)221460
650 0. ‡aAfghan War, 2001-2021. ‡0(CARDINAL)285102
651 0. ‡aAfghanistan ‡xHistory ‡y2001-2021.
77608. ‡iOnline version: ‡aAnderson, Jon Lee. ‡tTo lose a war ‡dNew York : Penguin Press, 2025 ‡z9780593493106 ‡w(DLC) 2025000838
901 . ‡a14821850 ‡bOCoLC ‡c14821850 ‡tbiblio ‡soclc