@article{333594,
      author = {Jones, Seth G.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/333594},
      title = {In the graveyard of empires : America's war in Afghanistan  /},
      publisher = {W.W. Norton & Co.,},
      abstract = {"Following the September 11 attacks, the United States  successfully overthrew the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.  The U.S. established security throughout the  country--killing, capturing, or scattering most of al  Qa'ida's senior operatives--and Afghanistan finally began  to emerge from more than two decades of struggle and  conflict. But Jones argues that as early as 2001, planning  for the Iraq War siphoned resources and personnel,  undermining the gains that had been made. Jones introduces  us to key figures on both sides of the war. He then  analyzes the insurgency from a historical and structural  point of view, showing how a rising drug trade, poor  security forces, and pervasive corruption undermined the  Karzai government, while Americans abandoned a successful  strategy, failed to provide the necessary support, and  allowed a growing sanctuary for insurgents in Pakistan to  catalyze the Taliban resurgence"--From book jacket.},
      recid = {333594},
      pages = {xxxiv, 414 p., [16] p. of plates :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2009},
}