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020 _a9780465044955 (hardcover)
020 _z9780465040919 (e-book)
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100 1 _aFairweather, Jack.
245 1 4 _aThe good war :
_bwhy we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan /
_cJack Fairweather.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c2014.
300 _a504p :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and index.
505 0 _aPart 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.
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
_zUnited States.
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