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How to lose a war : the story of America's intervention in Afghanistan / Amin Saikal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saikal, Amin, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
- United States.
- Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.
- Afghanistan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- An incisive, authoritative account of the West's failures in Afghanistan, from 9/11 to the fall of Kabul.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Map of Afghanistan
- 1 Introduction: Big Power, Small War
- 2 The Historical Context
- 3 Intervention, Post-Taliban Democratization and the'War on Terror'
- 4 Dysfunctional Governance: The Hamid Karzai Era, 2001-14
- 5 Dysfunctional Governance: The Ashraf Ghani Era, 2014-21
- 6 State-building: Other Challenges, 2001-21
- 7 Strategy and Security
- 8 Conclusion: A Failed Project.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0300277660
- 9780300277661
- OCLC:
- 1432604174
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