TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Seth G.
TI  - In the graveyard of empires: America's war in Afghanistan 
SN  - 9780393338515 (pbk.)
AV  - DS371.412 .J665 2010
U1  - 958.104/7 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Taliban
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Counterinsurgency
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2001-
N1  - 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
ER  -