Operation Enduring Freedom: the Seeds of War in Afghanistan
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Operation Enduring Freedom: the Seeds of War in Afghanistan by Tim Ripley
The first six months of the war in Afghanistan were incredibly confused. Few journalists or civilians had access to the main events and the result was the creation of many urban myths that persist to this day. This book reveals the truth behind Operation Enduring Freedom, its objectives, successes, failures and consequences. Tim Ripley has discovered what actually happened in the first six months of this US-led intervention. He reveals the clandestine US and UK reconnaissance efforts before hostilities commenced on 7 October 2001, secret US UAV and drone operations, RAF Canberra and U-2 spy flights and details of initial combat between Taliban and Northern Alliance ground forces.This is a definitive account of the first six months of the military campaign in Afghanistan that saw the initial air and special drive to unseat the Taliban regime, the launching of search and destroy operations to hunt down Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda organisation and the setting up of President Humid Karzai's government in Kabul. These events were the catalyst for the subsequent and continuing war in that far-off troubled land.
A well-balanced account of the American campaign to topple the Taliban and disrupt or destroy Al QaedaOverall this is a useful, well balanced and well organised history of a recent war that is still having a big impact. WWW.HISTORYOFWAR.ORG
Tim Ripley is a freelance journalist specializing in modern military affairs and a research associate at Lancaster University's Centre for Defence and International Security Studies. Previously he studied the collapse of the Warsaw Pact while a research fellow at the University of Oxford. He has written a number of books on military affairs, including Osprey's Desert Storm Special (1) Land Power, The Coalition and Iraqi Armies. He lives in Lancaster.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848845640 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848845642 |
| Title | Operation Enduring Freedom: the Seeds of War in Afghanistan |
| Author | Tim Ripley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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