The unexpected war : Canada in Kandahar / Janice Gross Stein & Eugene Lang.
The unexpected war : Canada in Kandahar / Janice Gross Stein & Eugene Lang.
By
:
Stein, Janice Gross.
Publication Date
:
2007
Publication Information
:
Toronto : Viking Canada,
Physical Description
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348 p. : ill., ports.
Subject Term
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Participation, Canadian.
Geographic Term
:
Canada -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
Canada -- Military policy.
Additional Contributors
:
Lang, J. Eugene.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
:
With our troops now committed until 2009, The Unexpected War exposes the poverty of Canadian foreign policy, arguing that Canada’s various military missions in Afghanistan have been ad hoc in nature and made on the basis of political calculations—often flawed—about Canadian–American relations. Drawing upon interviews with key decision makers and advisors, and a first-hand account by a former Defence Ministry insider, the book offers a gripping account of how Canada became embroiled in a new kind of war—fighting insurgency in a failed state.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780670067220
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