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001391807 020__ $$z9781498506199 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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001391807 1001_ $$aCavanna, Thomas P.,$$eauthor.
001391807 24510 $$aHubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan :$$bthe self-sustaining overreach /$$cThomas P. Cavanna.
001391807 264_1 $$aLanham :$$bLexington Boooks,$$c[2015]
001391807 264_4 $$c©2015
001391807 300__ $$a1 online resource (364 pages).
001391807 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent
001391807 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia
001391807 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier
001391807 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
001391807 5050_ $$aIntroduction : the self-sustaining overreach : hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan -- PART I. THE STRUCTURAL WEIGHT OF REALISM : FOREIGN SECURITY INTERESTS AND THE US ENTANGLEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. US Cold War and post-Cold War policy : a volatile and security-driven interest for the Afghan pawn -- Operation Enduring Freedom : a campaign in search for strategic coherence -- Pouring the US-led coalition's resources in a bottomless pit : Pakistan's predictable double game -- PART II. TOWARDS THE SELF-SUSTAINING OVERREACH : GRANDIOSE PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITIES, AND QUESTIONABLE SUSTAINABILITY. The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led coalition's democratization agenda -- The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led reconstruction and state-building agenda -- The price of intractable contradictions : a seemingly unending security degradation -- PART III. THE OBAMA ERA : A FINAL SHOWDOWN TO SECURE A "DECENT INTERVAL?" The Obama Era : new intentions, same old strategic horizon -- The surge : disappointing results and unaltered path to withdrawal -- Afghanistan in 2015 : betrayed promises? -- Conclusion.
001391807 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001391807 520__ $$a"This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated with foreign-led democratization and state-building"--$$cProvided by publisher.
001391807 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record.
001391807 650_0 $$aAfghan War, 2001-$$xPolitical aspects$$zUnited States.
001391807 650_0 $$aPostwar reconstruction$$zAfghanistan.
001391807 650_0 $$aDemocratization$$zAfghanistan.
001391807 650_0 $$aNation-building$$zAfghanistan.
001391807 650_0 $$aInternal security$$zAfghanistan.
001391807 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xForeign relations$$zAfghanistan.
001391807 651_0 $$aAfghanistan$$xForeign relations$$zUnited States.
001391807 651_0 $$aAfghanistan$$xStrategic aspects.
001391807 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xMilitary policy.
001391807 655_0 $$aElectronic books
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