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020			_z9781498506199 (cloth : alkaline paper)
020			_z9781498506212 (paperback : alkaline paper)
020			_a9781498506205 (e-book)
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050		4	_aDS371.412 _b.C386 2015
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100	1		_aCavanna, Thomas P., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : _bthe self-sustaining overreach / _cThomas P. Cavanna.
264		1	_aLanham : _bLexington Boooks, _c[2015]
264		4	_c2015
300			_a1 online resource (364 pages)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aAfghan War, 2001- _xPolitical aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPostwar reconstruction _zAfghanistan.
650		0	_aDemocratization _zAfghanistan.
650		0	_aNation-building _zAfghanistan.
650		0	_aInternal security _zAfghanistan.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zAfghanistan.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xStrategic aspects.
651		0	_aUnited States _xMilitary policy.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2077485 _zClick to View
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