Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach / Thomas P. Cavanna.
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- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Political aspects -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects
- United States -- Military policy
- Postwar reconstruction -- Afghanistan
- Democratization -- Afghanistan
- Nation-building -- Afghanistan
- Internal security -- Afghanistan
- Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001- -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
- États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- Afghānistān
- Reconstruction d'après-guerre -- Afghānistān
- Démocratisation -- Afghānistān
- Reconstruction d'une nation -- Afghānistān
- Sûreté de l'État -- Afghānistān
- HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia
- HISTORY -- Asia -- General
- Democratization
- Diplomatic relations
- Internal security
- Military policy
- Nation-building
- Postwar reconstruction
- Strategic aspects of individual places
- Afghanistan
- United States
- Afghan War (2001-2021)
- Since 2001
- 958.104/72 23
- DS371.412
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index.
"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
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. TOWARD 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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