The good war : why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan / Jack Fairweather.

In The Good War, Fairweather provides the first full narrative history of the war in Afghanistan, from its inception after 9/11 to the drawdown in 2014. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, previously unpublished archives, and months of reporting in Afghanistan, Fairweather explores the righteous inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fairweather, Jack
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2014.
Subjects:
Afghan War, 2001-2021.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > United States.
Physical Description:xx, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I. The missing peace 2001-2005
  • The wrong kind of war
  • Bloody hell
  • Good Taliban
  • The man who would be king
  • At the gates
  • An irresistible illusion
  • National solidarity
  • A convenient drug
  • Homecoming
  • Part II. A dangerous alliance 2004-2007
  • The emperor's clothes
  • PRTS
  • A special relationship
  • Eradication
  • Red sky in the morning
  • Fly fishing in the Hindu kush
  • How to start a war
  • Medusa
  • Bad guests
  • Stick or twist
  • Part III. The blood price 2009-2014
  • An education
  • The switch
  • Ghosts
  • A cruel summer
  • Elections
  • Political expediency
  • A reckoning
  • The futility of force
  • Endgame.