Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach / Thomas P. Cavanna.
Cavanna, Thomas P., author.
2015
DS371.412 .C386 2015
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Title
Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach / Thomas P. Cavanna.
Author
Cavanna, Thomas P., author.
ISBN
9781498506199 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9781498506212 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9781498506205 (e-book)
Published
Lanham : Lexington Boooks, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (364 pages).
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DS371.412 .C386 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
958.104/72
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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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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