03582nam 2200637 450 991079737740332120220307234313.01-4985-0620-8(CKB)3710000000437527(EBL)2077485(OCoLC)912498971(SSID)ssj0001515343(PQKBManifestationID)12627944(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001515343(PQKBWorkID)11498640(PQKB)11633459(MiAaPQ)EBC2077485(EXLCZ)99371000000043752720150619h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan the self-sustaining overreach /Thomas P. CavannaLanham :Lexington Boooks,[2015]©20151 online resource (364 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-0619-4 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"--Provided by publisher.Afghan War, 2001-2021Political aspectsUnited StatesPostwar reconstructionAfghanistanDemocratizationAfghanistanNation-buildingAfghanistanInternal securityAfghanistanUnited StatesForeign relationsAfghanistanAfghanistanForeign relationsUnited StatesAfghanistanStrategic aspectsUnited StatesMilitary policyAfghan War, 2001-2021Political aspectsPostwar reconstructionDemocratizationNation-buildingInternal security958.1047Cavanna Thomas P.1505047MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797377403321Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan3734452UNINA