The first rule of warfare is to know one's enemy. The second is to
know thyself. More than fifteen years and three quarters of a
trillion dollars after the US invasion of Afghanistan, it's clear
that the United States followed neither rule well. America's goals
in Afghanistan were lofty to begin with: dismantle al-Qaeda, remove
the Taliban from power, remake the country into a democracy. But
not only did the mission come completely unmoored from reality, the
United States wasted billions of dollars, and thousands of lives
were lost. Our Latest Longest War is a chronicle of how, why, and
in what ways the war in Afghanistan failed. Edited by historian and
Marine lieutenant colonel Aaron B. O'Connell, the essays collected
here represent nine different perspectives on the war all from
veterans of the conflict, both American and Afghan. Together, they
paint a picture of a war in which problems of culture and ideology
derailed nearly every field of endeavor. The authors also draw
troubling parallels to the Vietnam War, arguing that deep-running
ideological currents in American life explain why the US Government
has repeatedly used armed nation-building to try to transform
failing states into modern, liberal democracies. In Afghanistan, as
in Vietnam, this created a dramatic mismatch of means and ends that
neither money, technology, nor the force of arms could overcome.
The war in Afghanistan has been the longest in US history. We lost
the war, and somehow we continue to lose it every day. These are
difficult topics for any American or Afghan to consider, especially
for those who fought in the war or lost friends or family in it.
This sobering history written by the very people who have been
fighting the war is impossible to ignore.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2017 |
| Editors: |
Aaron B. O'Connell
|
| Dimensions: |
160 x 236 x 3mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
400 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-26565-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-226-26565-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226265650 |
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