Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : : the self-sustaining overreach /

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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Cavanna, Thomas P.,
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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