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Creating a failed state : the US and Canada in Afghanistan / John W. Warnock.
LIBRA DS371.4 .W34 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warnock, John W., 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Failed states.
- Social conditions.
- Afghanistan--History--2001-2021.
- Afghanistan.
- History.
- Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001-2021.
- Politics and government.
- Afghanistan--Social conditions--21st century.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Failed states--Afghanistan.
- Canada--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
- Canada.
- Afghanistan--Foreign relations--Canada.
- United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
- United States.
- Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 209 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood Pub. Co., [2008]
- Summary:
- By the end of 2001, the United States and its local allies had chased the hated Taliban government out of Afghanistan. They had begun a process to create a new constitution and elect a government, and the United Nations was leading a broad coalition starting reconstruction and development. Canada made major commitments to this project, but the Taliban are back. The war restarted and looks to have no end in sight. As John Warnock so deftly explains, this situation is only understandable within a broad geopolitical framework. Under the guise of intending to capture Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks, Afghanistan became a target for U.S. imperialism and its desire to dominate the world and its oil and gas resources. Shamefully, but not surprisingly, successive Canadian governments have participated in this imperialist adventure in Central Asia.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Humanitarian Intervention: Guns v. Spears 6
- US Power is Air Power 8
- Depleted Uranium: The Gift from Saskatchewan 10
- Our Allies: The Northern Alliance 11
- Air Power in Support of the Northern Alliance 12
- Strictly an American War 13
- Collateral Damage 15
- What Was the Alternative? 17
- The Victory for Air Power 19
- Chapter 2 Afghanistan as a Failed State? 21
- What Is a Failed State? 22
- Afghanistan's Political Economy 24
- Socio-economic Profile 25
- Afghanistan Six Years after the US Invasion 26
- Planning Economic Development: Afghanistan as a New Colony 33
- Failed States and "Humanitarian Intervention" 35
- Canada and Humanitarian Intervention 38
- Chapter 3 Modernization and Modernity 40
- The Afghan Empire and the Great Game 42
- Modernization: The Influence of Ataturk 45
- Afghanistan's Social Structure 46
- Moving Towards Liberal Democracy 48
- Constructing a New Constitution 49
- The Rise of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan 50
- The Communists Seize Power 52
- The Soviet Union Moves into Afghanistan 54
- The Rise of the Islamist Opposition 56
- The Outcome of the War against Communism 58
- The Rabbani Government and Civil War 59
- The Rise of the Taliban 60
- Chapter 4 The United States and the Burden of Empire 62
- The Importance of Oil and Gas 64
- The Policy Shift in the US Government 67
- Full-spectrum Dominance 70
- Finding the New Gurkhas 72
- National Security Intelligence 75
- The New National Security State 76
- Controlling Public Opinion 79
- The Struggle for Caspian Sea Oil 81
- Resistance to the New World Order 84
- The New Great Game in Central Asia 86
- Chapter 5 9/11, al Oaeda and the War on Terrorism 88
- Creating the Islamist Rebellion 91
- Supporting the Mujahideen Islamists in Afghanistan 92
- Osama Bin Laden and the War of Insurgency 93
- Al Qaeda Moves to the United States 94
- The Blowback Begins 95
- Planning the Second Attack on the World Trade Center 98
- Numerous Advance Warnings of 9/11 Attack 100
- US-al Qaeda Relations After the End of the Afghan War 102
- Cracks in the al Qaeda-CIA Alliance 103
- Why is Bin Laden Still at Large? 104
- Al Qaeda and the War on Terrorism 105
- Chapter 6 B-52 Democracy 110
- The Bonn Agreement 112
- The Emergency Loya Jirga 114
- Forming the New Constitution 116
- The New Constitution 118
- The Presidential Election 120
- The Election for the Parliament 123
- A Democratic Government? 126
- Canada's Role in Afghanistan Democracy 127
- Chapter 7 The Politics of Women's Rights 130
- US Government Supports the Taliban 132
- Women under the Rabbani and Taliban Regimes 133
- The Afghan Patriarchal Tradition 135
- The Historical Roots of Patriarchal Culture 138
- Patriarchal Practices in Western Cultures 140
- The Impact of Islam 141
- Women's Rights after 2001 144
- Breaking the Move towards Modernity 147
- Chapter 8 Canada's Role in Afghanistan 150
- The Response to 9/11 150
- The Canadian Government and the Afghan War 152
- Canada and the US War on Iraq 155
- The Political Response to 9/11 156
- Post Cold War Foreign Policy Direction 158
- The Three D Approach to Canadian Policy 159
- The End of Peacekeeping? 160
- Three-D Policy: Canada's Political Role in Afghanistan 162
- Three-D Policy: Canada's Military Role in Afghanistan 165
- Three-D Policy: Canada's Economic and Humanitarian Assistance 168
- The Complete Loss of National Sovereignty 170
- Chapter 9 What Are the Alternatives? 173
- The Alternative Policy for Canada 175
- Shifting to Humanitarian Assistance 178
- A New Dimension for Canadian Policy 180
- Building Peace and Independence in Canada 183
- Appendix What is Terrorism? 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-203) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781552662625
- 1552662624
- OCLC:
- 181492314
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