Understanding war in Afghanistan /
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Format: | Government Document eBook |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Defense University Press,
2011.
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Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo11115 |
Table of Contents:
- Opening thoughts
- Preface
- Maps
- Introductions
- Land, people, and culture
- The struggle for independence, modernization, and development
- The Saur "revolution" and the Soviet-Afghan War, 1978-1989
- The civil war and the advent of the Taliban
- 9/11 and the war against the Taliban government
- Insurgency: theory and practice
- The second war against the Taliban and the struggle to rebuild Afghanistan
- The surge
- A current assessment and contending options
- Conclusion
- Suggestions for further reading
- Notes
- About the author.