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245 14 a| The American war in Afghanistanh| [electronic resource] :b| a history /c| Carter Malkasian.;

260 a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2023];

300 a| ix, 561 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

500 a| First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 2023.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-537) and index.;

505 0 a| Thinking About America's War in Afghanistan -- The Country and Peoples of Afghanistan -- The Taliban Emirate -- The United States Enters Afghanistan -- The Karzai Regime -- Disorder in Kandahar -- The 2006 Taliban Offensive -- Taliban Rule, 2007- -- War in the East -- Taliban Advances -- The Obama Administration and the Decision to Surge -- The Surge in Helmand -- The Surge in Kandahar -- End of the Surge -- Ghazni and the Andar Awakening -- Intervention and Identity -- The 2014 Elections -- The Taliban Offensives of 2015 and -- The Trump Administration -- Peace Talks -- Looking Back.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "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?"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The American war in Afghanistan a history / Carter Malkasian.

Author/creator	Malkasian, Carter, 1975-
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Description	ix, 561 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Afghan War, 2001-2021--United States. Afghan War, 2001-2021

Contents	Thinking About America's War in Afghanistan -- The Country and Peoples of Afghanistan -- The Taliban Emirate -- The United States Enters Afghanistan -- The Karzai Regime -- Disorder in Kandahar -- The 2006 Taliban Offensive -- Taliban Rule, 2007- -- War in the East -- Taliban Advances -- The Obama Administration and the Decision to Surge -- The Surge in Helmand -- The Surge in Kandahar -- End of the Surge -- Ghazni and the Andar Awakening -- Intervention and Identity -- The 2014 Elections -- The Taliban Offensives of 2015 and -- The Trump Administration -- Peace Talks -- Looking Back.
Abstract	"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.
General note	First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 2023.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-537) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020056939
ISBN	9780197550779 (hardback)
ISBN	9780197645499 (paperback)
ISBN	(epub)

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