Afghanistan by Tim Bird
Offers a panoramic view of international involvement in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010. This book weaves together analysis of military strategy, regional context, aid policy, the Afghan government, and the many disagreements between and within the Western powers involved in the intervention.
“Tim Bird and Alex Marshall’s brisk, broad survey of the war is drily un- impressed by American strategyIt is sub- titled ‘How the West Lost its Way’, and its authors, who are academics — King’s College, London and Glasgow University respectively — imply that western policy has been based on a Micawberish view that, with sufficient persistence and perspiration, something will eventually turn up to solve, or at least pacify, the Afghan Question. It hasn’t.”—Alan Massie, The Spectator -- Alan Massie * The Spectator *
"The authors present a lucid, devastating critique of the road taken."—Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *
“This lucid account from two British military historians will keep readers gnashing their teeth throughout. . . . A gloomily convincing portrait of American misadventures in Afghanistan.”—Kirkus Reviews * Kirkus Reviews *
“Bird and Marshall provide a valuable historical overview of the war in Afghanistan from the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 to the recent Obama troop surge.”—Jeremy Kuzmanov, History News Network -- Jeremy Kuzmanov * History News Network *
"The authors present a lucid, devastating critique of the road taken."—Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *
“This lucid account from two British military historians will keep readers gnashing their teeth throughout. . . . A gloomily convincing portrait of American misadventures in Afghanistan.”—Kirkus Reviews * Kirkus Reviews *
“Bird and Marshall provide a valuable historical overview of the war in Afghanistan from the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 to the recent Obama troop surge.”—Jeremy Kuzmanov, History News Network -- Jeremy Kuzmanov * History News Network *
Tim Bird is a lecturer at the Joint Services Command and Staff College and the Defence Studies Department, King's College, London. He lives in southern England. Alex Marshall is Lecturer in History in the War Studies Department of the University of Glasgow. He lives in Glasgow.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300154573 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300154577 |
| Title | Afghanistan |
| Author | Tim Bird |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2011-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 303 |
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