Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach / / Thomas P. Cavanna
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| Autore: |
Cavanna Thomas P.
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| Titolo: |
Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan : the self-sustaining overreach / / Thomas P. Cavanna
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham : , : Lexington Boooks, , [2015] |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 958.1047 |
| Soggetto topico: | Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Political aspects - United States |
| Postwar reconstruction - Afghanistan | |
| Democratization - Afghanistan | |
| Nation-building - Afghanistan | |
| Internal security - Afghanistan | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations Afghanistan |
| Afghanistan Foreign relations United States | |
| Afghanistan Strategic aspects | |
| United States Military policy | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-0620-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797377403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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