Afghanistan war : a documentary and reference guide / Ryan Wadle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wadle, Ryan, author.

Wadle, Ryan, 1980- author.

Series:

Documentary and reference guides.

Documentary and Reference Guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan--Sources.

Counterinsurgency.

Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan--Sources.

Postwar reconstruction.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Sources.

Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.

Afghanistan.

Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989--Sources.

Afghanistan--History, Military--21st century--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 357 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Providing an invaluable introductory resource for students investigating the war in Afghanistan, this book highlights the evolution of the conflict through the documents that helped to shape it. This carefully curated primary source collection includes more than 80 documents from the national and international participants in nearly four decades of conflict that led to the Afghanistan War. Readers will gain an understanding of the macro and micro costs of the war on the participants and the political, social, economic, and military factors that have allowed the fighting to persist. Authored by a former member of the Afghanistan Study Team at the U.S. Army's Combat Studies Institute, readers will gain special insight into the military dynamics of the war in Afghanistan and how the war has changed those who have fought in it. The book is divided into four chapters that cover the primary phases of the war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and Civil War, 1979-2001; Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Reconstruction Begins, 2001-2003; The Taliban Return, 2003-2009; and The Surge, Drawdown, and an Uncertain Future, 2009-2017. This structure enables readers to clearly understand how the war evolved and the most significant developments that shaped each period.

Contents:

Documents from the Soviet Invasion and Civil War, 1979-2001

Documents from Operation Enduring Freedom and the beginning of Reconstruction, 2001-2003

Documents from the return of the Taliban and Counterinsurgency, 2003-2009

Documents from the surge, withdrawal, and an uncertain future, 2009-2017.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400607417

9798216042709

9781440857478

1440857474

OCLC:

1031421767