@article{1390131,
      note = {Shipping list no.: 2022-0007-S (volumes 1 and 2).},
      author = {Degen, E. J., and Reardon, Mark J.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1390131},
      title = {Modern war in an ancient land : the United States Army in  Afghanistan, 2001-2014 /},
      abstract = {"Modern War in an Ancient Land: The United States Army in  Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, 2001-2014 examines the U.S.  intervention in Afghanistan in October 2001 and the  thirteen-plus years of conflict that followed. Whether sent  to Afghanistan to counter terrorists, defeat an insurgency,  develop institutions, or support a democracy, Army  commanders operated under the assumption that by securing  Afghans and their fledgling national government, the U.S.  military was protecting America and the Western way of  life. For more than a decade, Army formations deployed to  Afghanistan to forge a country that would remain unified,  at peace with its neighbors, and inhospitable to terrorists  who expressed their hatred of the American homeland though  violence. Modern War in an Ancient Land is the result of  historical thinking by the Army's senior  leadership"--Provided by publisher.},
      recid = {1390131},
      pages = {2 volumes :},
}