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 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

Table Of Contents

Part I. The missing peace 2001-2005 -- The wrong kind of war -- Bloody hell -- Good Taliban -- The man who would be king -- At the gates -- An irresistible illusion -- National solidarity -- A convenient drug -- Homecoming -- Part II. A dangerous alliance 2004-2007 -- The emperor's clothes -- PRTS -- A special relationship -- Eradication -- Red sky in the morning -- Fly fishing in the Hindu kush -- How to start a war -- Medusa -- Bad guests -- Stick or twist -- 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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