Gretchen Peters: 2 books
Seeds of Terror
How Drugs, Thugs, and Crime Are Reshaping the Afghan War
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Most Americans think of the Taliban and al Qaeda as a bunch of bearded fanatics fighting an Islamic crusade from caves in Afghanistan. But that doesn't explain their astonishing comeback along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Why is it eight years after we invaded Afghanistan, the CIA says that these...
The Musical Sounds of Medieval French Cities
Players, Patrons, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Drawing upon hundreds of newly uncovered archival records, Gretchen Peters reconstructs the music of everyday life in over twenty cities in late medieval France. Through the comparative study of these cities' political and musical histories, the book establishes that the degree to which a city achieved...