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The Ledger Accounting For Failure In Afghanistan
The Ledger Accounting For Failure In Afghanistan
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Description: These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world said Charlie Wilson of America's role backing the anti - Soviet mujahideen. And then we fucked up the endgame. With no support for Afghanistan after that war the vacuum was filled by the Taliban and bin Laden. The Ledger assesses the West's similarly failed approach to Afghanistan after 9/11 - - in military diplomatic political and developmental terms. Dr David Kilcullen and Dr Greg Mills are uniquely placed to reflect backwards and forwards on the Afghan conflict: they worked with the international mission both as advisers and within the Arg and they have considerable experience of counterinsurgency and stabilisation operations elsewhere in the world. Here these two experts show that there is plenty of blame to go around when explaining the failure to bring peace to Afghanistan after 9/11. The signs of collapse were conveniently ignored in favour of political narratives of progress and success. Yet for Afghans the war and its geopolitical effects are not over because NATO is gone - - Afghanistan remains globally connected through digital communications and networks. This vital book explains why and where failings in Afghanistan happened warning against exceptionalist approaches to future peacebuilding missions around the globe.
Title: The Ledger Accounting For Failure In Afghanistan
Author(s): Mills Greg
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787386952
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 1/15/2022
Category: Warfare & Defence
Description: These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world said Charlie Wilson of America's role backing the anti - Soviet mujahideen. And then we fucked up the endgame. With no support for Afghanistan after that war the vacuum was filled by the Taliban and bin Laden. The Ledger assesses the West's similarly failed approach to Afghanistan after 9/11 - - in military diplomatic political and developmental terms. Dr David Kilcullen and Dr Greg Mills are uniquely placed to reflect backwards and forwards on the Afghan conflict: they worked with the international mission both as advisers and within the Arg and they have considerable experience of counterinsurgency and stabilisation operations elsewhere in the world. Here these two experts show that there is plenty of blame to go around when explaining the failure to bring peace to Afghanistan after 9/11. The signs of collapse were conveniently ignored in favour of political narratives of progress and success. Yet for Afghans the war and its geopolitical effects are not over because NATO is gone - - Afghanistan remains globally connected through digital communications and networks. This vital book explains why and where failings in Afghanistan happened warning against exceptionalist approaches to future peacebuilding missions around the globe.
Title: The Ledger Accounting For Failure In Afghanistan
Author(s): Mills Greg
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787386952
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 1/15/2022
Category: Warfare & Defence