Policy Failures in the Graveyard of Empires by Mehar Omar Khan

Policy Failures in the Graveyard of Empires by Mehar Omar Khan

This monograph examines the role of policy in guidance of the British, the Soviet and the U.S.-NATO wars in Afghanistan. Set in the context of Afghanistan's history and its socio-cultural environment, the study critically analyzes the negative impact of policy failures - acts of both omission as well as commission - on the conduct and outcome of these three wars. Holding Afghanistan's physical environment as constant, the monograph examines numerous policy variables such as the evolution of grand strategy, resource allocation, governance, and security force assistance. A study of select aspects of the First Anglo-Afghan War and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan highlights several policy missteps and miscalculations that, if heeded to, could have helped today's policymakers. The focus of the monograph, however, is on the ongoing U.S.-NATO effort. Based on some strikingly common and consistent errors of policy, the paper concludes that the incompetence and myopia of the policymakers is responsible for squandering the military gains and for failure to guide these wars to their strategic purpose and end state. In the end, the monograph puts forth a set of recommendations for both policymakers as well as operational artists.

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ISBN 13	9781288301829
ISBN 10	1288301820
Title	Policy Failures in the Graveyard of Empires
Author	Mehar Omar Khan
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Biblioscholar
Year published	2012-11-15
Number of pages	80
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