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The good war:why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan/ Jack Fairweather.
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008 | 140818s2014 nyuab b 001 0 eng |
020 | $a9780465044955 (hardcover |
082 | 00$a958.104'7$223 |
100 | 1 $aFairweather, Jack. |
245 | 14$aThe good war$bwhy we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan$cJack Fairweather. |
264 | 1$aNew York$bBasic Books$c2014. |
300 | $a396 pages$billustrations, maps$c25 cm |
504 | $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and index. |
505 | 0 $aPart I. The missing peace 2001-2005 -- The wrong kind of war -- Bloody hell -- Good Taliban -- The man who would be king -- At the gates -- An irresistible illusion -- National solidarity -- A convenient drug -- Homecoming -- Part II. A dangerous alliance 2004-2007 -- The emperor's clothes -- PRTS -- A special relationship -- Eradication -- Red sky in the morning -- Fly fishing in the Hindu kush -- How to start a war -- Medusa -- Bad guests -- Stick or twist -- Part III. The blood price 2009-2014 -- An education -- The switch -- Ghosts -- A cruel summer -- Elections -- Political expediency -- A reckoning -- The futility of force -- Endgame. |
650 | 0$aAfghan War, 2001 |
650 | 0$aAfghan War, 2001$zUnited States. |