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In the graveyard of empires : America's war in Afghanistan / Seth G. Jones.

By: Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, 2010.Description: xxxiv, 430 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780393338515 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 958.104/7 22
LOC classification:
  • DS371.412 .J665 2010
Contents:
Descent into violence -- The mujahideen era -- Uncivil war -- The rise of the Taliban -- Al Qa'ida's strategic alliance -- Operation Enduring Freedom -- Light footprint -- Early successes -- The logic of insurgency -- Collapse of law and order -- A growing cancer -- The perfect storm -- A three-front war -- National caveats -- The water must boil -- Al Qa'ida : a force multiplier -- In the eye of the storm -- Back to the future.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks DS371.412 .J665 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001142065

Originally published: 2009.

"With a new afterword" -- Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-416) and index.

Descent into violence -- The mujahideen era -- Uncivil war -- The rise of the Taliban -- Al Qa'ida's strategic alliance -- Operation Enduring Freedom -- Light footprint -- Early successes -- The logic of insurgency -- Collapse of law and order -- A growing cancer -- The perfect storm -- A three-front war -- National caveats -- The water must boil -- Al Qa'ida : a force multiplier -- In the eye of the storm -- Back to the future.

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