Cover Image

The American war in Afghanistan : a history /

Show other versions (2)

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malkasian, Carter, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Afghan War, 2001- > United States.
Afghan War, 2001-
HISTORY / Asia / General.
Table of Contents:
  • Thinking About America's War in Afghanistan
  • The Country and Peoples of Afghanistan
  • The Taliban Emirate
  • The United States Enters Afghanistan
  • The Karzai Regime
  • Disorder in Kandahar
  • The 2006 Taliban Offensive
  • Taliban Rule, 2007-
  • War in the East
  • Taliban Advances
  • The Obama Administration and the Decision to Surge
  • The Surge in Helmand
  • The Surge in Kandahar
  • End of the Surge
  • Ghazni and the Andar Awakening
  • Intervention and Identity
  • The 2014 Elections
  • The Taliban Offensives of 2015 and
  • The Trump Administration
  • Peace Talks
  • Looking Back.