An interesting first few pages on Afghan Ethnicity and Alexander the Great's conquest, but then very confusing and haphazard. I trugded through Ghengis Kahn et al, but then I skipped to the British adventures. I found these to be a rehash (in too many details) of many other, better written sources. I am struggling through the Russian invasion but I am getting as bogged down as they did. There must be a more readable history of Afghanistan out there somewhere.