The war for Afghanistan : a very brief history /

When it invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the United States sought to do something previous foreign powers had never attempted: to create an Afghani state where none existed. More than a decade on, the new regime in Kabul remains plagued by illegitimacy and ineffectiveness. What happened? As Thomas Barfi...

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Main Author: Barfield, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Edition:[Princeton Shorts ed.].
Series:Princeton shorts.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Afghanistan Enters the Twenty-first Century; The United States in Afghanistan, 2001-; The Historical and Cultural Template for the Bonn Accord; Rebuilding the Afghan State; International Relations; The Insurgency; Obama's War; Notes; About the Author; Related Titles.