Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan / Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan / Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
By
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Chandrasekaran, Rajiv.
Publication Date
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2012-2013
Publication Information
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New York : Vintage Books,
Edition
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1st Vintage books ed.
Physical Description
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viii, 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Subject Term
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Political aspects -- United States.
Internal security -- Afghanistan.
Geographic Term
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
United States -- Military policy.
Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
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In this book, the author focuses on southern Afghanistan in the year of Obama's surge. This is the story of the long arc of American involvement, and of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obama's watch., and reveals the epic tug of war that occurred between the President and a military that, once on the ground, increasingly went its own way.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780307947048
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