Bibliograph

The good war, why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan, Jack Fairweather

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The good war, why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan, Jack Fairweather

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The good war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

890107042

Responsibility statement

Jack Fairweather

Sub title

why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan

Summary

In The Good War, the author provides the first full narrative history of the war in Afghanistan, from its inception after 9/11 to the drawdown in 2014. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, previously unpublished archives, and months of reporting in Afghanistan, Fairweather explores the righteous intentions and astounding hubris that caused the American strategy in Afghanistan to flounder, refuting the long-held notion that the war could have been won with more troops and cash

Table Of Contents

Part I. The missing peace 2001-2003 -- The wrong kind of war -- Bloody hell -- Good Taliban -- The man who would be king -- At the gates -- Warlords -- National solidarity -- A convenient drug -- Homecoming -- Part II. A dangerous alliance 2004-2007 -- Imperial vision -- PRTs -- A special relationship -- Eradication -- Friendly advice -- Fly fishing in the Hindu Kush -- A new war -- Medusa -- Bad guests -- All the way -- Salam -- Part III. The blood price 2009-2014 -- An education -- The switch -- Ghosts -- A cruel summer -- Elections -- Political expediency -- A reckoning -- The futility of force -- Endgame

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