Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach /
Cavanna, Thomas P.,
Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach / Thomas P. Cavanna. - 1 online resource (364 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : the self-sustaining overreach : hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan -- PART I. THE STRUCTURAL WEIGHT OF REALISM : FOREIGN SECURITY INTERESTS AND THE US ENTANGLEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. US Cold War and post-Cold War policy : a volatile and security-driven interest for the Afghan pawn -- Operation Enduring Freedom : a campaign in search for strategic coherence -- Pouring the US-led coalition's resources in a bottomless pit : Pakistan's predictable double game -- PART II. TOWARDS THE SELF-SUSTAINING OVERREACH : GRANDIOSE PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITIES, AND QUESTIONABLE SUSTAINABILITY. The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led coalition's democratization agenda -- The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led reconstruction and state-building agenda -- The price of intractable contradictions : a seemingly unending security degradation -- PART III. THE OBAMA ERA : A FINAL SHOWDOWN TO SECURE A "DECENT INTERVAL?" The Obama Era : new intentions, same old strategic horizon -- The surge : disappointing results and unaltered path to withdrawal -- Afghanistan in 2015 : betrayed promises? -- Conclusion.
"This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated with foreign-led democratization and state-building"--
9781498506205 (e-book)
Afghan War, 2001---Political aspects--United States.
Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan.
Democratization--Afghanistan.
Nation-building--Afghanistan.
Internal security--Afghanistan.
United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.
Afghanistan--Strategic aspects.
United States--Military policy.
Electronic books.
DS371.412 / .C386 2015
958.104/72
Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach / Thomas P. Cavanna. - 1 online resource (364 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : the self-sustaining overreach : hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan -- PART I. THE STRUCTURAL WEIGHT OF REALISM : FOREIGN SECURITY INTERESTS AND THE US ENTANGLEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. US Cold War and post-Cold War policy : a volatile and security-driven interest for the Afghan pawn -- Operation Enduring Freedom : a campaign in search for strategic coherence -- Pouring the US-led coalition's resources in a bottomless pit : Pakistan's predictable double game -- PART II. TOWARDS THE SELF-SUSTAINING OVERREACH : GRANDIOSE PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITIES, AND QUESTIONABLE SUSTAINABILITY. The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led coalition's democratization agenda -- The promises and profound ambiguities of the US-led reconstruction and state-building agenda -- The price of intractable contradictions : a seemingly unending security degradation -- PART III. THE OBAMA ERA : A FINAL SHOWDOWN TO SECURE A "DECENT INTERVAL?" The Obama Era : new intentions, same old strategic horizon -- The surge : disappointing results and unaltered path to withdrawal -- Afghanistan in 2015 : betrayed promises? -- Conclusion.
"This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated with foreign-led democratization and state-building"--
9781498506205 (e-book)
Afghan War, 2001---Political aspects--United States.
Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan.
Democratization--Afghanistan.
Nation-building--Afghanistan.
Internal security--Afghanistan.
United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.
Afghanistan--Strategic aspects.
United States--Military policy.
Electronic books.
DS371.412 / .C386 2015
958.104/72