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1 online resource (364 pages) |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the self-sustaining overreach : hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan -- PART I. THE STRUCTURAL WEIGHT OF REALISM : FOREIGN SECURITY INTERESTS AND THE US ENTANGLEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. US Cold War and post-Cold War policy : a volatile and security-driven interest for the Afghan pawn -- Operation Enduring Freedom : a campaign in search for strategic coherence -- Pouring the US-led coalition's resources in a bottomless pit : Pakistan's predictable double game -- PART II. TOWARDS THE SELF-SUSTAINING OVERREACH : GRANDIOSE PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITIES, AND QUESTIONABLE SUSTAINABILITY. The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led coalition's democratization agenda -- The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led reconstruction and state-building agenda -- The price of intractable contradictions : a seemingly unending security degradation -- PART III. THE OBAMA ERA : A FINAL SHOWDOWN TO SECURE A "DECENT INTERVAL?" The Obama Era : new intentions, same old strategic horizon -- The surge : disappointing results and unaltered path to withdrawal -- Afghanistan in 2015 : betrayed promises? -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated with foreign-led democratization and state-building"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Afghan War, 2001- -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Postwar reconstruction -- Afghanistan.
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Democratization -- Afghanistan.
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Nation-building -- Afghanistan.
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Internal security -- Afghanistan.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects.
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United States -- Military policy.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781498506199 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9781498506212 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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9781498506205 (e-book) |
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