Afghanistan was always known as the graveyard of empires. They have this reputation of humiliating those who attempted to be conquerors including the British and the Soviet. The Afghanistan war, considered to be the U.S. longest war was said to be U.S. retaliation to the September 11 attacks but there are other issues surrounding the most deadly terrorist activity ever committed to the United States of America. Through this book, "War in Afghanistan: The Longest Battle in the United States History," the author attempts to unlock the mystery behind the U.S. terrorist attacks and tries to answer the following mind-boggling questions which had left most people puzzled. Here is a preview of what you'll learn: - The Beginning - The Aftermath - The U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan - Al Qaeda and the Taliban - The Northern Alliance and the Kazai Administration - U.S. Ends Afghanistan War - The Twist to the Story Testimonies and Reports Rebuttal of the 9/11 Commission Reports - Rebuilding Afghanistan
By analyzing the land and its people, recapping Afghan history, and assessing the current situation, this work hopes to set a foundation upon which leaders and scholars can begin their preparation for more specific tasks.
It is currently winding down, and American troops are likely to leave soon but only after a stay of nearly two decades. In The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian provides the first comprehensive history of the entire conflict.
"The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about the longest war in American history"--
War in Afghanistan
The book identifies the elements that made the 2001 military operation to oust the Taliban successful, then with combat operations in Iraq as a standard of comparison, the authors analyze the remainder of the Afghan campaign and the ...
The occupation of Afghanistan is over, and a balance sheet can be drawn. These essays on war and peace in the region reveal Tariq Ali at his sharpest and most prescient.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this definitive account of the conflict, acclaimed war correspondent and bestselling author Bing West provides a practical way out of Afghanistan.
A Soviet journalist documents the experiences of Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan, detailing the soldiers' morale, the prevalence of drug problems, and the Russian withdrawal and the aftermath.
A professor of strategy at the National War College in Washington, D.C., describes the people and culture of Afghanistan and discusses the forces at work, including the Taliban and September 11, that lead up to the decade-long conflict ...
Providing an invaluable introductory resource for students investigating the war in Afghanistan, this book highlights the evolution of the conflict through the documents that helped to shape it.