Stephen Tanner is an American author currently residing in

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. As a

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and

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, Tanner has produced the following books: * ''

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

- A Military History from

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

to the War Against the

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'' (2002) According to

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, the book is held in 1970 libraries WorldCat author entry
/ref> Reviewed in ''Times Literary Supplement'' **Translated into Russian as ''Афганистан : история войн от Александра Македонского до падения "Талибана"'' *''Epic Retreats: From 1776 to the Evacuation of

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''; *''Refuge from the Reich: American Airmen and

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during World War II '' (2000) According to WorldCat, held in 689 libraries. Reviewed in ''Journal of Military History''.Journal of military history, 65, Part 3 (2001): 842 *''The wars of the Bushes : a father and son as military leaders''.(2004) According to WorldCat, held in 450 libraries. **Translated into Polish as ''Wojny Bushów : ojciec i syn jako zwierzchnicy sił zbrojnych '' **Translated into

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as ''父子统帅：布什们的战争/父子統帥：布什們的戰爭, fù zǐ tǒng shuài: bù shí mén dí zhàn zhēng'' **Translated into Turkish as ''Bush'ların savaşları : askeri liderler olarak bir baba ve oğlun portresi '' * (with Samuel A Southworth) ''U.S. special forces : a guide to America's special operations units : the world's most elite fighting force'' (2002) Held in 308 libraries.

References

# Tanner, Stephen. ''Afghanistan- A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War Against the Taliban'' 1st Ed,Cambridge:Da Capo Press, 2002.

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