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Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach / Thomas P. Cavanna.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cavanna, Thomas P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Political aspects--United States.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan.
- Postwar reconstruction.
- Democratization--Afghanistan.
- Democratization.
- Nation-building--Afghanistan.
- Nation-building.
- Internal security--Afghanistan.
- Internal security.
- United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
- United States.
- Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.
- Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan--Strategic aspects.
- United States--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Boooks, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated with foreign-led democratization and state-building"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the self-sustaining overreach : hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan
- PART I. THE STRUCTURAL WEIGHT OF REALISM : FOREIGN SECURITY INTERESTS AND THE US ENTANGLEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. US Cold War and post-Cold War policy : a volatile and security-driven interest for the Afghan pawn
- Operation Enduring Freedom : a campaign in search for strategic coherence
- Pouring the US-led coalition's resources in a bottomless pit : Pakistan's predictable double game
- PART II. TOWARDS THE SELF-SUSTAINING OVERREACH : GRANDIOSE PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITIES, AND QUESTIONABLE SUSTAINABILITY. The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led coalition's democratization agenda
- The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led reconstruction and state-building agenda
- The price of intractable contradictions : a seemingly unending security degradation
- PART III. THE OBAMA ERA : A FINAL SHOWDOWN TO SECURE A "DECENT INTERVAL?" The Obama Era : new intentions, same old strategic horizon
- The surge : disappointing results and unaltered path to withdrawal
- Afghanistan in 2015 : betrayed promises?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4985-0620-8
- OCLC:
- 912498971
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