The wrong enemy : America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 / Carlotta Gall.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xxi, 329 [8] pages : illustrations, plates ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0544046692
- 9780544046696
- Taliban
- Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence
- Qaida (Organization)
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Pakistan -- Politics and government
- Afghanistan -- Politics and government
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan
- Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- 958.1047 23
- DS371.412 .G35 2014
Contents:
Summary: In this sweeping account of a war brought by well-intentioned American leaders against an enemy they barely understood, and could not truly engage, Gall argues that Pakistan fueled the Taliban and protected Osama bin Laden for the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation.
The Taliban surrender -- The people turn -- Pakistan's protégés -- The Taliban in exile -- Al Qaeda regroups -- The wrong enemy in the wrong country -- The Taliban return -- The suicide bomb factory -- Militancy explodes in Pakistan -- The Taliban close their grip -- Karzai's turn -- Obama's surge -- Osama's safe haven -- Springtime in Zangabad.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Taliban surrender -- The people turn -- Pakistan's protégés -- The Taliban in exile -- Al Qaeda regroups -- The wrong enemy in the wrong country -- The Taliban return -- The suicide bomb factory -- Militancy explodes in Pakistan -- The Taliban close their grip -- Karzai's turn -- Obama's surge -- Osama's safe haven -- Springtime in Zangabad.
In this sweeping account of a war brought by well-intentioned American leaders against an enemy they barely understood, and could not truly engage, Gall argues that Pakistan fueled the Taliban and protected Osama bin Laden for the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation.
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