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Author Gopal, Anand, 1980-

Title No good men among the living : America, the Taliban, and the war through Afghan eyes / Anand Gopal.

Publication Info. New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  958.1047 GOPAL    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  958.1047 GOPAL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  958.1047 GOPAL    Check Shelf
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Edition First Edition
Description 304 pages : map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The last days of vice and virtue -- The battle for Tirin Kot -- The war from Year Zero -- The sewing center of Khas Uruzgan -- No one is safe from this -- To make the bad things good again -- Black holes -- Election day -- The far end of the bazaar -- Back to work -- The Tangi -- No-man's-land -- Stepping out -- The leader.
Summary "As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, the shocking tale of how the American military had triumph in sight in Afghanistan--and then brought the Taliban back from the dead. In the popular imagination, Afghanistan is often regarded as the site of intractable conflict, the American war against the Taliban a perpetually hopeless quagmire. But as Anand Gopal demonstrates in this stunning chronicle, top Taliban leaders were in fact ready to surrender within months of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, renouncing all political activity and submitting to the new government. Effectively, the Taliban ceased to exist--yet the American forces were not ready to accept such a turnaround. Driven by false intelligence from corrupt warlords and by a misguided conviction that Taliban members could never change sides, the U.S. instead continued to press the conflict, resurrecting the insurgency that persists to this day. Gopal's dramatic narrative, full of vivid personal detail, follows three Afghans through years of U.S. missteps: a Taliban commander, a U.S.-backed warlord, and a housewife trapped in the middle of the fighting. With its intimate accounts of life in small Afghan villages, and harrowing tales of crimes committed by Taliban leaders and American-supported provincial officials alike, No Good Men Among the Living lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony. A thoroughly original expose; of the conflict that is still being fought, it shows just how the American intervention went so desperately wrong"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, Afghani.
Taliban.
Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan.
Peace-building -- Afghanistan.
Internal security -- Afghanistan.
United States -- Military policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General.
ISBN 9780805091793 (hardback)
0805091793 (hardback)
Standard No. 40023552720
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