Why has the US so dramatically failed in Afghanistan since 2001?
Dominant explanations have ignored the bureaucratic divisions and
personality conflicts inside the US state. This book rectifies this
weakness in commentary on Afghanistan by exploring the significant
role of these divisions in the US's difficulties in the country
that meant the battle was virtually lost before it even began. The
main objective of the book is to deepen readers understanding of
the impact of bureaucratic politics on nation-building in
Afghanistan, focusing primarily on the Bush Administration. It
rejects the 'rational actor' model, according to which the US
functions as a coherent, monolithic agent. Instead, internal
divisions within the foreign policy bureaucracy are explored, to
build up a picture of the internal tensions and contradictions that
bedevilled US nation-building efforts. The book also contributes to
the vexed issue of whether or not the US should engage in
nation-building at all, and if so under what conditions.
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