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The wrong enemy : America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 / Carlotta Gall.

Van Pelt Library DS371.412 .G35 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gall, Carlotta, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Taliban.
Afghan War, 2001-2021.
Pakistan--Politics and government.
Pakistan.
Politics and government.
Afghanistan--Politics and government.
Afghanistan.
Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence.
Qaida (Organization).
United States--Foreign relations--Pakistan.
United States.
International relations.
Pakistan--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.
Physical Description:
xxi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Summary:
In this sweeping account of a war brought by well-intentioned American leaders against an enemy they barely understood, and could not truly engage, Gall argues that Pakistan fueled the Taliban and protected Osama bin Laden for the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation.
Contents:
The Taliban surrender
The people turn
Pakistan's protégés
The Taliban in exile
Al Qaeda regroups
The wrong enemy in the wrong country
The Taliban return
The suicide bomb factory
Militancy explodes in Pakistan
The Taliban close their grip
Karzai's turn
Obama's surge
Osama's safe haven
Springtime in Zangabad.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780544046696
0544046692
OCLC:
854944294

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