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100 1 _aJones, Seth G.,
_d1972-
245 1 0 _aIn the graveyard of empires :
_bAmerica's war in Afghanistan /
_cSeth G. Jones.
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton,
_c2010.
300 _axxxiv, 430 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c21 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: 2009.
500 _a"With a new afterword" -- Cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [345]-416) and index.
505 0 _aDescent 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.
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
650 0 _aCounterinsurgency
_zAfghanistan.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_xPolitics and government
_y2001-
610 2 0 _aTaliban.
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