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Author Gall, Carlotta, author.

Title The wrong enemy : America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 / Carlotta Gall.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
©2014

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  958.1047 GALL    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - New Materials  958.1047 GALL    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  958.1047 GALL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  958.104 GAL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  958.1047 GAL    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  958.1047 GAL    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  958.1 GALL    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  958.1047 GA    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Taliban surrender -- The people turn -- Pakistan's protégés -- The Taliban in exile -- Al Qaeda regroups -- The wrong enemy in the wrong country -- The Taliban return -- The suicide bomb factory -- Militancy explodes in Pakistan -- The Taliban close their grip -- Karzai's turn -- Obama's surge -- Osama's safe haven -- Springtime in Zangabad.
Summary In this sweeping account of a war brought by well-intentioned American leaders against an enemy they barely understood, and could not truly engage, Gall argues that Pakistan fueled the Taliban and protected Osama bin Laden for the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation.
Local Note BURLADFIC
Subject Taliban.
Afghan War, 2001-2021
Pakistan -- Politics and government.
Afghanistan -- Politics and government.
Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence.
Qaida (Organization)
United States -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan.
Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.
Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
ISBN 9780544046696
0544046692
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