Umfang:
1 online resource (186 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203312544
Inhalt:
Asymmetric warfare, involving conflicts where smaller powers apply their strengths against the weaknesses of a more powerful opponent, has become a key modern concern since the September 11th attacks. Conflict in Afghanistan tackles this issue by examining the five wars Afghanistan has waged against foreign powers over the past two centuries, all of which have involved forms of asymmetric warfare. Incorporating contemporary documents and material from Soviet archives, the text analyzes each war's antecedents, conduct, and consequences. Important questions are asked about the role of religious beliefs, fanaticism, diplomacy, governmental decision-making and military competence, issues that have great contemporary relevance. The book provides an illuminating commentary of Afghanistan's wars and examines the relevance of these conflicts to the modern-day challenge of counter-insurgency and asymmetric warfare.
Inhalt:
BookCover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Setting the scene -- 1 Afghanistan and the Afghans -- Part II The First Anglo-Afghan War -- 2 The failure of diplomacy -- 3 Invasion -- 4 Occupation -- 5 Disaster and withdrawal -- Part III The Second Anglo-Afghan War -- 6 Lord Lytton's folly -- 7 Occupation -- 8 Retreat -- Part IV The Third Anglo-Afghan War -- 9 Amanullah's gamble -- Part V The Soviet-Afghan War -- 10 The Communist takeover -- 11 The Khalq regime -- 12 The decision to invade -- 13 Invasion and occupation -- 14 Withdrawal -- 15 Aftermath -- Part VI The American intervention -- 16 The United States, the Taliban and al-Qa'ida -- Part VII Conclusion -- 17 Conclusion -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780415341608
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415341608
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Print version Conflict in Afghanistan : Studies in Asymetric Warfare
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Afghanistan
;
Asymmetrie
;
Partisanenkrieg
;
Kriegführung
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