LEADER 03582nam 2200637 450 001 9910820515603321 005 20220307234313.0 010 $a1-4985-0620-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000437527 035 $a(EBL)2077485 035 $a(OCoLC)912498971 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001515343 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12627944 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001515343 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11498640 035 $a(PQKB)11633459 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2077485 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000437527 100 $a20150619h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan $ethe self-sustaining overreach /$fThomas P. Cavanna 210 1$aLanham :$cLexington Boooks,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4985-0619-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $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. 330 $a"This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated with foreign-led democratization and state-building"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPostwar reconstruction$zAfghanistan 606 $aDemocratization$zAfghanistan 606 $aNation-building$zAfghanistan 606 $aInternal security$zAfghanistan 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zAfghanistan 607 $aAfghanistan$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aAfghanistan$xStrategic aspects 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPostwar reconstruction 615 0$aDemocratization 615 0$aNation-building 615 0$aInternal security 676 $a958.1047 700 $aCavanna$b Thomas P.$01636475 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820515603321 996 $aHubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan$93977771 997 $aUNINA