TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ali,Tariq
TI  - The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: a chronicle foretold 
SN  - 9781839768170
AV  - DS371.2 .A463 2021
U1  - 958.104/7958.104/5 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Verso
KW  - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
KW  - fast
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-2021
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - History
KW  - 1989-2001
KW  - 2001-2021
KW  - Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Military history
KW  - Informational works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; I. Moscow, Washington, Lahore: 1979-2000 -- Soviet troops out of Afghanistan! -- Between the hammer and the anvil -- The arrival of the Taliban -- 'Try and disarm us if you can' -- II. Operation enduring disaster: 2001-08 -- Into Pakistan's Maelstrom -- The king of greater Afghanistan -- The dam will burst sooner or later -- So, was it worth it? -- The terror trail -- A doomed mission -- A favourite attack dog in the imperial kennel -- Mirage of the good war -- Why a 'surge' would bring fresh disasters -- III. AF-PAK is burning: 2008-11 -- Next door to war -- The American war moves to Pakistan -- On the north-west frontier -- Imperial diktats -- A war gone badly wrong -- It's no secret what Pakistan's been doing with the Taliban -- 'Why kill the goose?' -- The Abbottabad incident -- More cover-up than self-criticism -- 'Breaches of sovereignty' -- IV. Impending defeat: 2012-21 -- Obama's only way out of Afghanistan is to talk -- The not-so-lone gunman -- Pakistan's future is tied to the Taliban -- Twenty years after 9/11
ER  -