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Gall, Sandy, 1927-
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Taliban.
Terrorism -- Afghanistan.
Islam and politics -- Afghanistan.
Social conflict -- Afghanistan.
Afghan War, 2001-2021
Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century.
Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-2021.
Afghanistan -- Politics and government.
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Gall, Sandy, 1927-
Taliban.
Terrorism -- Afghanistan.
Islam and politics -- Afghanistan.
Social conflict -- Afghanistan.
Afghan War, 2001-2021
Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century.
Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-2021.
Afghanistan -- Politics and government.
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War
against
the
Taliban
:
why
it
all
went
wrong
in
Afghanistan
/ Sandy Gall.
by
Gall, Sandy, 1927-
Bloomsbury, 2012.
Call #:
958.104 G162w
Subjects
Taliban
.
Terrorism --
Afghanistan
.
Islam and politics --
Afghanistan
.
Social conflict --
Afghanistan
.
Afghan
War
, 2001-2021
Afghanistan
-- History -- 20th century.
Afghanistan
-- History -- 2001-2021.
Afghanistan
-- Politics and government.
ISBN:
9781408809051 (hc.)
1408809052
9781408822340 (pbk.)
Description:
xiii, 385 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-369) and index.
Contents:
Early battles. Zia and the ISI, 1970-1984 -- The coming of the
Taliban
, 1995-2001 -- Tora Bora 1, 1982-2001 -- Tora Bora 2, 2001-2002 -- The British inKabul, 2001-2002 -- The great game in the south, 2005 -- Ed Butler and Musa Qala, 2006 -- Corruption and bad governance. Patronage or corruption -- The narco state -- Sherard and the French -- The girl who ran away from her husband, 2010 -- The state of the insurgency, 2008 -- The protection-money racket -- A coalition government, 2010 --
Why
we failed in Helmand: politicians or generals. Brown and blair: double nemesis, 2006-2009 -- General Richards takes over, 2006-2011 -- The battles of Panjwai and Musa Qala, 2006-2007 -- End game and the Pakistan connection. McChrystal brought down by Roling Stone -- The Afghan Mafia, 2009 -- The beginning of the end? Summer 2010 -- The
Taliban
in Quetta, 2007 -- The sun in the sky -- Turning tide -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"Since the days of Alexander the Great,
Afghanistan
's strategically significant lands have been fought over by foreign invaders. Today, as yet another generation risks life and limb in this inhospitable territory, an ever-rising death toll puts back under the spotlight almost daily the way the modern
war
in
Afghanistan
is being run, and demands answers. Drawing on over a hundred interviews with Afghan politicians, businessmen and ordinary people, British, American and European diplomats and soldiers, Sandy Gall shines fresh light on the failure to capture Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora and, equally disastrous, American and British gullibility in the face of Pakistan's continued tolerance of the
Taliban
. He asks
why
the reconstruction of
Afghanistan
has withered on the vine; and how we have allowed a Presidential style of government to concentrate power in one man's hands, under whom, amid cronyism and corruption, the
Taliban
insurgency only grows ever stronger. But is it too late? Examining the emotive issue of equipment shortages, exposing the extent to which the drug trade has corrupted the country, and assessing the accusation of endemic, systemic failure within the MOD, Sandy Gall addresses the challenges, political, religious, and military, that face those now fighting on the most dangerous frontier in the world."--Publisher.
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