Into the Land of Bones

Into the Land of Bones

Alexander the Great in Afghanistan

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Publication Date: 3rd October 2012

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. Read More
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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. Read More
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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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  • Price: $29.95
  • Pages: 264
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Imprint: University of California Press
  • Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society
  • Publication Date: 3rd October 2012
  • ISBN: 9780520953758
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / Ancient / General
    HISTORY / Military / General
Author Bio
Frank L. Holt is Professor of History at the University of Houston. He is the author of Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria (California, 1999) and Alexander the Great and Bactria: The Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia (1988) and editor of The Greeks in Bactria and India (1985).
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface to 2012 Edition
Foreword by Peter Green

Chapter One. Introduction
The Crosshairs of History
A Deeper Perspective

Chapter Two. Hunting The Enemy
City of Bones
Victories

Chapter Three. A Desperate Struggle
Explosion
Shock Waves

Chapter Four. The Hydra Heads Of Bactria
A Prophecy
A Death

Chapter Five. Love And War
Little Star of Hope
More Opposition

Chapter Six. Dark Shadows
Chaos
Catastrophe

Chapter Seven. The Legacy
Lost and Found
And Sometimes Lost Again

Chapter Eight. Conclusion
Plato Who?
Lady Moon

Appendix. Ancient Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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.
  • Price: $29.95
  • Pages: 264
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Imprint: University of California Press
  • Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society
  • Publication Date: 3rd October 2012
  • ISBN: 9780520953758
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / Ancient / General
    HISTORY / Military / General
Frank L. Holt is Professor of History at the University of Houston. He is the author of Thundering Zeus: The Making of Hellenistic Bactria (California, 1999) and Alexander the Great and Bactria: The Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia (1988) and editor of The Greeks in Bactria and India (1985).
List of Illustrations
Preface to 2012 Edition
Foreword by Peter Green

Chapter One. Introduction
The Crosshairs of History
A Deeper Perspective

Chapter Two. Hunting The Enemy
City of Bones
Victories

Chapter Three. A Desperate Struggle
Explosion
Shock Waves

Chapter Four. The Hydra Heads Of Bactria
A Prophecy
A Death

Chapter Five. Love And War
Little Star of Hope
More Opposition

Chapter Six. Dark Shadows
Chaos
Catastrophe

Chapter Seven. The Legacy
Lost and Found
And Sometimes Lost Again

Chapter Eight. Conclusion
Plato Who?
Lady Moon

Appendix. Ancient Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Index