The American war in Afghanistan : a history / Carter Malkasian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malkasian, Carter, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021--United States.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 561 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

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 book examines 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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Thinking About America's War In Afghanistan

2. The Country And Peoples Of Afghanistan

3. The Taliban Emirate

4. The United States Enters Afghanistan

5. The Karzai Regime

6. Disorder In Kandahar

7. The 2006 Taliban Offensive

8. Taliban Rule, 2007

2010

9. War In The East

10. Taliban Advances

11. The Obama Administration And The Decision To Surge

12. The Surge In Helmand

13. The Surge In Kandahar

14. End Of The Surge

15. Ghazni And The Andar Awakening

16. Intervention And Identity

17. The 2014 Elections

18. The Taliban Offensives Of 2015 And 2016

19. The Trump Administration

20. Peace Talks

21. Looking Back.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Malkasian, Carter, The American war in Afghanistan

ISBN:

9780197550779

0197550770

OCLC:

1240264784