| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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South Asia in world affairs series
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South Asia in world affairs series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Understanding the Afghan challenge / Hy Rothstein and John Arquilla -- A familiar Western experience in ancient Afghanistan / Victor Davis Hanson -- Afghan paradoxes / Thomas Barfield -- America's longest war / Hy Rothstein -- A case for withdrawal / Andrew J. Bacevich -- A case for staying the course / Frederick W. Kagan -- Afghanistan : the third way -- Edward N. Luttwak -- Beyond victory and defeat / Scott Sigmund Gartner and Leo Blanken -- The ethics of exit : moral obligation in the Afghan endgame / Russell Muirhead -- Shaping strategic communication / Robert Reilly -- Civil and uncivil society / Jade I. Rodriguez & Rebecca Lorentz -- Conclusion : Assessing the strategic alternatives / John Arquilla and Hy Rothstein. |
| Summary |
The United States and its allies have been fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan for a decade in a war that either side could still win. While a gradual drawdown has begun, significant numbers of US combat troops will remain in Afghanistan until at least 2014, perhaps longer, depending on the situation on the ground and the outcome of the US presidential election in 2012. Given the realities of the Taliban's persistence and the desire of US policymakers-and the public-to find a way out, what can and should be the goals of the US and its allies in Afghanistan?. Afghan Endgames brings. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Afghan War (2001-2021) |
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Afghan War, 2001-2021.
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Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects.
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Afghanistan. |
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United States -- Military policy.
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United States. |
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Military policy. |
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United States -- Relations -- Afghanistan.
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Relations. |
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Afghanistan -- Relations -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rothstein, Hy S.
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Arquilla, John.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Afghan endgames. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2012 9781589019089 (DLC) 2011036098 (OCoLC)747534361 |
| ISBN |
1589019091 (electronic book) |
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9781589019096 (electronic book) |
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9781589019089 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1589019083 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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