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In the graveyard of empires:America's war in Afghanistan/ Seth G. Jones.

Physical description: xxxiv, 430 p. ill., ports 21 cm.;
Bibliographic notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-416) and index.;
General notes: Originally published: 2009.; "With a new afterword" -- Cover.;
Author(s): JONES, Seth G.;
ISBN: 9780393338515 (pbk.;
Subjects: Afghan War, 2001; Counterinsurgency --Afghanistan.;
Afghanistan --Politics and government --2001;
Taliban.;
Formatted contents notes: Descent into violence -- The mujahideen era -- Uncivil war -- The rise of the Taliban -- Al Qa'ida's strategic alliance -- Operation Enduring Freedom -- Light footprint -- Early successes -- The logic of insurgency -- Collapse of law and order -- A growing cancer -- The perfect storm -- A three-front war -- National caveats -- The water must boil -- Al Qa'ida : a force multiplier -- In the eye of the storm -- Back to the future.;
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton , 2010.;
Call number: 958.1047 JON;
Type: Book (Bibliographies)
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