Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach /

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"This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cavanna, Thomas P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
Temas:
2001-2021
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Political aspects > United States.
Postwar reconstruction > Afghanistan.
Democratization > Afghanistan.
Nation-building > Afghanistan.
Internal security > Afghanistan.
Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001-2021 > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre > Afghānistān.
Démocratisation > Afghānistān.
Reconstruction d'une nation > Afghānistān.
Sûreté de l'État > Afghānistān.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Democratization
Diplomatic relations
Internal security
Military policy
Nation-building
Postwar reconstruction
Strategic aspects of individual places
United States > Foreign relations > Afghanistan.
Afghanistan > Foreign relations > United States.
Afghanistan > Strategic aspects.
United States > Military policy.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Afghānistān.
Afghanistan
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the self-sustaining overreach : hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan
  • PART I. THE STRUCTURAL WEIGHT OF REALISM : FOREIGN SECURITY INTERESTS AND THE US ENTANGLEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. US Cold War and post-Cold War policy : a volatile and security-driven interest for the Afghan pawn
  • Operation Enduring Freedom : a campaign in search for strategic coherence
  • Pouring the US-led coalition's resources in a bottomless pit : Pakistan's predictable double game
  • PART II. TOWARD THE SELF-SUSTAINING OVERREACH : GRANDIOSE PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITIES, AND QUESTIONABLE SUSTAINABILITY. The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led coalition's democratization agenda
  • The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led reconstruction and state-building agenda
  • The price of intractable contradictions : a seemingly unending security degradation
  • PART III. THE OBAMA ERA : A FINAL SHOWDOWN TO SECURE A "DECENT INTERVAL?" The Obama Era : new intentions, same old strategic horizon
  • The surge : disappointing results and unaltered path to withdrawal
  • Afghanistan in 2015 : betrayed promises?
  • Conclusion.

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