| Description |
ix, 561 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-537) and index. |
| 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- 2010 -- 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 2016 -- The Trump Administration -- Peace Talks -- Looking Back. |
| 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 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 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?"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- United States.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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HISTORY / Asia / General.
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Afghan War (2001-) (OCoLC)fst01695175
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| Chronological Term |
Since 2001
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Malkasian, Carter, The American war in Afghanistan New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] 9780197550793 (DLC) 2020056940 |
| ISBN |
9780197550779 (hardcover) |
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0197550770 (hardcover) |
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9780197550793 electronic publication |
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9780197550809 |
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