The American war in Afghanistan : a history
Malkasian, Carter, 1975-2021
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'The American War in Afghanistan' is a full history of the war in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020. It covers political, cultural, strategic, and tactical aspects of the war and details the actions and decision-making of the United States, Afghan government, and Taliban. The work follows a narrative format to go through the 2001 US invasion, the state-building of 2002-2005, the Taliban offensive of 2006, the US surge of 2009-2011, the subsequent drawdown, and the peace talks of 2019-2020. The focus is on the overarching questions of the war: Why did the United States fail? What opportunities existed to reach a better outcome? Why did the United States not withdraw from the war?
Main title:
The American war in Afghanistan : a history / Carter Malkasian.
Author:
Malkasian, Carter, 1975-, author
Imprint:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Collation:
496 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780197550779 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
958.104737958.104737 MAL
Language:
English
BRN:
1912244
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