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050		4	_aDS371.412 _bM355 2021
100	1		_aMalkasian, Carter, _d1975-
245	1	4	_aThe American war in Afghanistan : _ba history / _cCarter Malkasian.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c[2021]
300			_aix, 561 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThinking 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.
520			_a"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?"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aAfghan War, 2001-
650		0	_aAfghan War, 2001- _zUnited States.
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