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000706250 1001_ $$aGopal, Anand,$$d1980-
000706250 24510 $$aNo good men among the living :$$bAmerica, the Taliban, and the war through Afghan eyes /$$cAnand Gopal.
000706250 250__ $$aFirst Edition
000706250 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bMetropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company,$$c2014.
000706250 300__ $$a304 pages :$$bmap ;$$c25 cm
000706250 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000706250 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
000706250 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier
000706250 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000706250 5050_ $$aThe last days of vice and virtue -- The battle for Tirin Kot -- The war from Year Zero -- The sewing center of Khas Uruzgan -- No one is safe from this -- To make the bad things good again -- Black holes -- Election day -- The far end of the bazaar -- Back to work -- The Tangi -- No-man's-land -- Stepping out -- The leader.
000706250 520__ $$a"As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, the shocking tale of how the American military had triumph in sight in Afghanistan--and then brought the Taliban back from the dead. In the popular imagination, Afghanistan is often regarded as the site of intractable conflict, the American war against the Taliban a perpetually hopeless quagmire. But as Anand Gopal demonstrates in this stunning chronicle, top Taliban leaders were in fact ready to surrender within months of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, renouncing all political activity and submitting to the new government. Effectively, the Taliban ceased to exist--yet the American forces were not ready to accept such a turnaround. Driven by false intelligence from corrupt warlords and by a misguided conviction that Taliban members could never change sides, the U.S. instead continued to press the conflict, resurrecting the insurgency that persists to this day. Gopal's dramatic narrative, full of vivid personal detail, follows three Afghans through years of U.S. missteps: a Taliban commander, a U.S.-backed warlord, and a housewife trapped in the middle of the fighting. With its intimate accounts of life in small Afghan villages, and harrowing tales of crimes committed by Taliban leaders and American-supported provincial officials alike, No Good Men Among the Living lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony. A thoroughly original expose; of the conflict that is still being fought, it shows just how the American intervention went so desperately wrong"--$$cProvided by publisher.
000706250 61020 $$aTaliban.
000706250 650_0 $$aAfghan War, 2001-
000706250 650_0 $$aAfghan War, 2001-$$vPersonal narratives, Afghani.
000706250 650_0 $$aCounterinsurgency$$zAfghanistan.
000706250 650_0 $$aPeace-building$$zAfghanistan.
000706250 650_0 $$aInternal security$$zAfghanistan.
000706250 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xMilitary policy.
000706250 85200 $$bgen$$hDS371.412$$i.G66$$i2014
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