How to lose a war : the story of America's intervention in Afghanistan / Amin Saikal.
An incisive, authoritative account of the West's failures in Afghanistan, from 9/11 to the fall of Kabul In 1958, Richard Nixon described Afghanistan as "unconquerable." On 15 August 2021, he was proven right. After twenty years of intervention, US and NATO forces retreated, enabling...
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Yale University Press,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Map of Afghanistan
- 1 Introduction: Big Power, Small War
- 2 The Historical Context
- 3 Intervention, Post-Taliban Democratization and the'War on Terror'
- 4 Dysfunctional Governance: The Hamid Karzai Era, 2001-14
- 5 Dysfunctional Governance: The Ashraf Ghani Era, 2014-21
- 6 State-building: Other Challenges, 2001-21
- 7 Strategy and Security
- 8 Conclusion: A Failed Project.