Monday, March 12, 2012

Outposts: Kandahar Province



Author: Wylie, Donovan,1971-

Title: Outposts: Kandahar Province

Published: Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2011

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :col. photo. ; 24 x 30 cm.

Call Number: DS374 K25 W86 2011

Note(s): "...photographs of Forward Operating Bases constructed in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2011, Canada sent nearly 3,000 military personnel to Afghanistan in support of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. Serving alongside infantry and artillery, military engineers designed a network of outposts throughout the province"--Publisher’s website. "Canadian Forward Operating Bases and Combat Posts, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. FOB Maʹsum Ghar, FOB Sperwan Ghar, FOB Shojah, COP Folad, COP Fataullah, COP Gundy Ghar, COP Old School"--P. preceding afterword. "Looking down upon the cities of the plain--Donovan Wylie’s Outposts, by Gerry Badger"--Afterword

Subject(s):
  • Kandahār (Afghanistan: Province) -- Pictorial works
  • Afghan War, 2001- -- Pictorial works
  • Kandahār (Afghanistan: Province) -- History, Military -- Pictorial works
Review(s): Forthcoming

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