TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cavanna,Thomas P.
TI  - Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan: the self-sustaining overreach 
AV  - DS371.412 .C386 2015
U1  - 958.104/72 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Boooks
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Postwar reconstruction
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Democratization
KW  - Nation-building
KW  - Internal security
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Strategic aspects
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
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