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In the Graveyard of Empires: America''s War in Afghanistan

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By (author): Seth G. Jones

After the swift defeat of the Taliban in 2001, American optimism has steadily evaporated in the face of mounting violence; a new war of a thousand cuts has now brought the country to its knees. In the Graveyard of Empires is a political history of Afghanistan in the Age of Terror from 2001 to 2009, exploring the fundamental tragedy of Americas longest war since Vietnam.

After a brief survey of the great empires in Afghanistanthe campaigns of Alexander the Great, the British in the era of Kipling, and the late Soviet UnionSeth G. Jones examines the central question of our own war: how did an insurgency develop? Following the September 11 attacks, the United States successfully overthrew the Taliban regime. It established security throughout the countrykilling, capturing, or scattering most of al Qaidas senior operativesand Afghanistan finally began to emerge from more than two decades of struggle and conflict. But Jones argues that as early as 2001 planning for the Iraq War siphoned off resources and talented personnel, undermining the gains that had been made. After eight years, he says, the United States has managed to push al Qaidas headquarters about one hundred miles across the border into Pakistan, the distance from New York to Philadelphia.

While observing the tense and often adversarial relationship between NATO allies in the Coalition, Joneswho has distinguished himself at RAND and was recently named by Esquire as one of the Best and Brightest young policy expertsintroduces us to key figures on both sides of the war. Harnessing important new research and integrating thousands of declassified government documents, Jones then analyzes the insurgency from a historical and structural point of view, showing how a rising drug trade, poor security forces, and pervasive corruption undermined the Karzai government, while Americans abandoned a successful strategy, failed to provide the necessary support, and allowed a growing sanctuary for insurgents in Pakistan to catalyze the Taliban resurgence.

Examining what has worked thus farand what has notthis serious and important book underscores the challenges we face in stabilizing the country and explains where we went wrong and what we must do if the United States is to avoid the disastrous fate that has befallen many of the great world powers to enter the region. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 373g
  • Dimensions: 142 x 211mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Jul 2010
  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780393338515

About Seth G. Jones

Seth G. Jones is the senior vice president Harold Brown Chair and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) as well as the author of Three Dangerous Men A Covert Action In the Graveyard of Empires and Hunting in the Shadows. He lives outside of Washington DC.

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