Malkasian, Carter,  1975- <br/><br/>
The American war in Afghanistan :  a history / 
Carter Malkasian. 
 - ix, 561 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Thinking about America's War in Afghanistan -- The country and peoples of Afghanistan -- The Taliban emirate -- The United States enters Afghanistan -- The Karzai regime -- Disorder in Kandahar -- The 2006 Taliban offensive -- Taliban rule, 2007- -- War in the East -- Taliban advances -- The Obama administration and the decision to surge -- The surge in Helmand -- The surge in Kandahar -- End of the surge -- Ghazni and the Andar awakening -- Intervention and identity -- The 2014 elections -- The Taliban offensives of 2015 and -- The Trump administration -- Peace talks -- Looking back. 
<br/><br/> "The American War in Afghanistan is a full history of the war in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020. It covers political, cultural, strategic, and tactical aspects of the war and details the actions and decision-making of the United States, Afghan government, and Taliban. The work follows a narrative format to go through the 2001 US invasion, the state-building of 2002-2005, the Taliban offensive of 2006, the US surge of 2009-2011, the subsequent drawdown, and the peace talks of 2019-2020. The book examines the overarching questions of the war: Why did the United States fail? What opportunities existed to reach a better outcome? Why did the United States not withdraw from the war?"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0197550770 9780197550779 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020056939 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Afghan War, 2001-<br/>Afghan War, 2001---United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS371.412  / M355 2021