Corona, Laurel, 1949-

Afghanistan / by Laurel Corona. - San Diego, CA : Lucent Books, 2002. - 112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Modern nations of the world .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-104) index.

Introduction: Afghanistan at the crossroads -- The shape of a nation: land and people -- Cradle to colony: Afghanistan from prehistory to the nineteenth century -- In the crossfire of world history: the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- The rise and fall of the Taliban -- Life in today's Afghanistan -- The crossroads of art and culture -- Facing the future: contemporary challenges.

Discusses the people, land, culture, history, and future of the nation of Afghanistan.

ISBN: 1590182170 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2002003615

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Afghanistan.

LC Class. No.: DS351.5 / .C67 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 958.1