Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : : the self-sustaining overreach / / Thomas P. Cavanna.
"This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated w...
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Place / Publishing House: | Lanham : : Lexington Boooks,, [2015] 2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (364 pages) |
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505 | 0 | |a Introduction : the self-sustaining overreach : hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan -- PART I. THE STRUCTURAL WEIGHT OF REALISM : FOREIGN SECURITY INTERESTS AND THE US ENTANGLEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. US Cold War and post-Cold War policy : a volatile and security-driven interest for the Afghan pawn -- Operation Enduring Freedom : a campaign in search for strategic coherence -- Pouring the US-led coalition's resources in a bottomless pit : Pakistan's predictable double game -- PART II. TOWARDS THE SELF-SUSTAINING OVERREACH : GRANDIOSE PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITIES, AND QUESTIONABLE SUSTAINABILITY. The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led coalition's democratization agenda -- The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led reconstruction and state-building agenda -- The price of intractable contradictions : a seemingly unending security degradation -- PART III. THE OBAMA ERA : A FINAL SHOWDOWN TO SECURE A "DECENT INTERVAL?" The Obama Era : new intentions, same old strategic horizon -- The surge : disappointing results and unaltered path to withdrawal -- Afghanistan in 2015 : betrayed promises? -- Conclusion. | |
520 | |a "This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated with foreign-led democratization and state-building"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Afghan War, 2001- |x Political aspects |z United States. | |
650 | 0 | |a Postwar reconstruction |z Afghanistan. | |
650 | 0 | |a Democratization |z Afghanistan. | |
650 | 0 | |a Nation-building |z Afghanistan. | |
650 | 0 | |a Internal security |z Afghanistan. | |
651 | 0 | |a United States |x Foreign relations |z Afghanistan. | |
651 | 0 | |a Afghanistan |x Foreign relations |z United States. | |
651 | 0 | |a Afghanistan |x Strategic aspects. | |
651 | 0 | |a United States |x Military policy. | |
655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
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