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In the Graveyard of Empires - America's War in Afghanistan (Paperback)
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In the Graveyard of Empires - America's War in Afghanistan (Paperback)
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Loot Price R396
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After the swift defeat of the Taliban in 2001, American optimism
has steadily evaporated in the face of mounting violence; a new
"war of a thousand cuts" has now brought the country to its knees.
In the Graveyard of Empires is a political history of Afghanistan
in the "Age of Terror" from 2001 to 2009, exploring the fundamental
tragedy of America's longest war since Vietnam. After a brief
survey of the great empires in Afghanistan-the campaigns of
Alexander the Great, the British in the era of Kipling, and the
late Soviet Union-Seth G. Jones examines the central question of
our own war: how did an insurgency develop? Following the September
11 attacks, the United States successfully overthrew the Taliban
regime. It established security throughout the country-killing,
capturing, or scattering most of al Qa'ida's senior operatives-and
Afghanistan finally began to emerge from more than two decades of
struggle and conflict. But Jones argues that as early as 2001
planning for the Iraq War siphoned off resources and talented
personnel, undermining the gains that had been made. After eight
years, he says, the United States has managed to push al Qa'ida's
headquarters about one hundred miles across the border into
Pakistan, the distance from New York to Philadelphia. While
observing the tense and often adversarial relationship between NATO
allies in the Coalition, Jones-who has distinguished himself at
RAND and was recently named by Esquire as one of the "Best and
Brightest" young policy experts-introduces us to key figures on
both sides of the war. Harnessing important new research and
integrating thousands of declassified government documents, Jones
then analyzes the insurgency from a historical and structural point
of view, showing how a rising drug trade, poor security forces, and
pervasive corruption undermined the Karzai government, while
Americans abandoned a successful strategy, failed to provide the
necessary support, and allowed a growing sanctuary for insurgents
in Pakistan to catalyze the Taliban resurgence. Examining what has
worked thus far-and what has not-this serious and important book
underscores the challenges we face in stabilizing the country and
explains where we went wrong and what we must do if the United
States is to avoid the disastrous fate that has befallen many of
the great world powers to enter the region.
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