The American war in Afghanistan : a history /
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 decisionmaking of the United States, Afghan government, and Taliban. The work follows a narrative fo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | 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 decisionmaking 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 book examines 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? |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 561 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197550779 0197550770 |