TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fairweather,Jack
TI  - The good war: why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan 
SN  - 9780465044955 (hardcover)
AV  - DS371.412 .F35 2014
U1  - 958.104/7 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and index; 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
ER  -