Fairweather, Jack. <br/><br/>
The good war :  why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan / 
Jack Fairweather. 
 - 504p :  illustrations, maps ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. The missing peace 2001-2005 -- The wrong kind of war -- Bloody hell -- Good Taliban -- The man who would be king -- At the gates -- An irresistible illusion -- National solidarity -- A convenient drug -- Homecoming -- Part II. A dangerous alliance 2004-2007 -- The emperor's clothes -- PRTS -- A special relationship -- Eradication -- Red sky in the morning -- Fly fishing in the Hindu kush -- How to start a war -- Medusa -- Bad guests -- Stick or twist -- Part III. The blood price 2009-2014 -- An education -- The switch -- Ghosts -- A cruel summer -- Elections -- Political expediency -- A reckoning -- The futility of force -- Endgame. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780465044955 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014021456 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Afghan War, 2001-<br/>Afghan War, 2001---United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS371.412  / .F35 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958.104/7