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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Fairweather, Jack, author.     Subjects     Afghan War, 2001-2021.     Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fairweather, Jack, author.       by title:      The good war : why w...         MARC Display

The good war : why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan / Jack Fairweather. by Fairweather, Jack, author. New York : Basic Books, c2014. Subjects Afghan War, 2001-2021.   Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- United States. ISBN:  9780465044955 (hardcover) : 0465044956 (hardcover) Description:  xx, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  In The Good War, the author provides the first full narrative history of the war in Afghanistan, from its inception after 9/11 to the drawdown in 2014. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, previously unpublished archives, and months of reporting in Afghanistan, Fairweather explores the righteous intentions and astounding hubris that caused the American strategy in Afghanistan to flounder, refuting the long-held notion that the war could have been won with more troops and cash.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 958.1047 Fa Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.1047 Fairweather Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.1047 Fa Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.1047 Fa Checked In Add Copy to MyList Wahiawa Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.1047 Fa Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.1047 Fa Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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