LEADER 01323nam--2200433---450- 001 990000581390203316 005 20090430144342.0 010 $a88-365-0304-7$bv.1 010 $a88-365-0426-4$bv.2 035 $a0058139 035 $aUSA010058139 035 $a(ALEPH)000058139USA01 035 $a0058139 100 $a20010724d1988----km-y0itay0103----ba 101 $aita 102 $aIT 105 $a||||||||001yy 200 1 $aViaggio lungo la via della seta$ftesti Jenan-Pierre Drege$gprogetto grafico Emil M. Bührer 205 $a2. ed. 210 $aMilano$cTouring club italiano$d1988 215 $a2 v.$cill.$d30 cm 410 $12001 606 0 $aAsia$xDescrizione e viaggi 606 0 $aAsia$xFotografie 676 $a915. 700 1$aDREGE,$bJean-Pierre$0339112 702 1$aBÜHRER,$bEmil M. 801 0$aIT$bsalbc$gISBD 912 $a990000581390203316 951 $aIII.1. 3484/1 (ISP II 852/I)$b70391 EC$cISP II$d00190039 951 $aIII.1. 3484/2 (ISP II 852/II)$b70392 EC$cISP II$d00190045 959 $aBK 969 $aECO 979 $aPATTY$b90$c20010724$lUSA01$h1051 979 $c20020403$lUSA01$h1707 979 $aPATRY$b90$c20040406$lUSA01$h1640 979 $aRSIAV1$b90$c20090430$lUSA01$h1443 996 $aViaggio lungo la via della seta$9883767 997 $aUNISA LEADER 03988nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910808829603321 005 20240418004331.0 010 $a1-283-15057-3 010 $a9786613150578 010 $a0-300-15458-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300154580 035 $a(CKB)2670000000095635 035 $a(OCoLC)738476109 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10480872 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520771 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11913707 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520771 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10514838 035 $a(PQKB)11047013 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420702 035 $a(DE-B1597)485355 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300154580 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420702 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10480872 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL315057 035 $a(OCoLC)923596208 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000095635 100 $a20101214d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfghanistan $ehow the West lost its way /$fTim Bird and Alex Marshall 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-15457-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-298) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tINTRODUCTION --$tCHAPTER ONE. THE GREAT ENIGMA: Afghanistan in historical context --$tCHAPTER TWO. 9/11 AND THE RESPONSE, 11-25 SEPTEMBER 2001 --$tCHAPTER THREE. 'BOOTS ON THE GROUND': From the arrival of the CIA to the emergency Loya Jirga, 26 September 2001-June 2002 --$tCHAPTER FOUR. 'TAKING THE EYE OFF THE BALL?' THE ROOTS OF TALIBAN REVIVAL IN AFGHANISTAN, 2002-05 --$tCHAPTER FIVE. RETURN TO THE 'FORGOTTEN WAR', 2006-08 --$tCHAPTER SIX. THE PAKISTAN PROBLEM --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. SILVER BULLETS AND THE SEARCH FOR AN EXIT, 2009-11 --$tCONCLUSION --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX 330 $aIn October 2001, NATO forces invaded Afghanistan. Their initial aim, to topple the Taliban regime and replace it with a more democratic government aligned to Western interests, was swiftly achieved. However, stabilizing the country in the ensuing years has proven much more difficult. Despite billions of dollars in aid and military expenditure, Afghanistan remains a nation riddled with warlords, the world's major heroin producer, and the site of a seemingly endless conflict between Islamist militants and NATO forces. In this timely and important book, Tim Bird and Alex Marshall offer a panoramic view of international involvement in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2011. Tackling the subject matter as a whole, Bird and Marshall weave together analysis of military strategy, regional context, aid policy, the Afghan government, and the many disagreements between and within the Western powers involved in the intervention. Given the complicating factors of the heroin trade, unwelcoming terrain, and precarious relations with Pakistan, the authors acknowledge the ways in which Afghanistan has presented unique challenges for its foreign invaders. Ultimately, however, they argue that the international community has failed in its self-imposed effort to solve Afghanistan's problems and that there are broader lessons to be learned from their struggle, particularly in terms of counterinsurgency and the ever-complicated work of "nation-building." The overarching feature of the intervention, they argue, has been an absence of strategic clarity and coherence. 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021 606 $aStrategy 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021 615 0$aStrategy. 676 $a958.104/7 700 $aBird$b Tim$f1962-$01681744 701 $aMarshall$b Alex$f1976 Nov. 2-$0116793 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808829603321 996 $aAfghanistan$94051353 997 $aUNINA