Bibliograph

The American war in Afghanistan, a history, Carter Malkasian

Type

Label

The American war in Afghanistan, a history, Carter Malkasian

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The American war in Afghanistan

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1240263113

Responsibility statement

Carter Malkasian

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

a history

Summary

'The American War in Afghanistan' is a full history of the war in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020. It covers political, cultural, strategic, and tactical aspects of the war and details the actions and decision-making of the United States, Afghan government, and Taliban. The work follows a narrative format to go through the 2001 US invasion, the state-building of 2002-2005, the Taliban offensive of 2006, the US surge of 2009-2011, the subsequent drawdown, and the peace talks of 2019-2020. The focus is on the overarching questions of the war: Why did the United States fail? What opportunities existed to reach a better outcome? Why did the United States not withdraw from the war?--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Creator