War against the Taliban: why it all went wrong in Afghanistan / Sandy Gall
Material type: TextPublication details: London; New York: Bloomsbury Pub., 2012Description: xiii, 385 p.: 1map; 25 cmISBN: 9781408809051 (hardback); 1408809052 (hardback)Subject(s): Afghan War -- Historical Accounts | Middle East -- HistoryDDC classification: 958.1047Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 958.1047 GAL/W (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P36780 |
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Includes bibliography and index.
PART one: Early Battles
1. Zia and the ISI, 1970-1984 3
2. The Coming of the Taliban, 199 5-2001 24
3. Tora Bora I, 1982-2001 32
4. Tora Bora 2, 2001-2011 46
5. The British in Kabul, 2001-2002 61
6. The Great Game in the South, 2005 82
7. Ed Butler and Musa Qala, 2006 96
PART two: Corruption and Bad Governance
8. Patronage or Corruption 119
9. The Narco State 127
10. Sherard and the French 147
11. The Girl Who Ran Away from Her Husband, 2010 153
12. The State of the Insurgency, 2008 165
13. The Protection-Money Racket 181
14. A Coalition Government, 2010 194
PART three: Why We Failed in Helmand: Politicians or Generals?
15. Brown and Blair: Double Nemesis, 2006-2009 2,07
16. General Richards Takes Over, 2006-2011 220
17. The Battles of Panjwai and Musa Qala, 2006-2007 ’ 2.36
PART FOUR: End Game and the Pakistan Connection
18. McChrystal Brought Down by Rolling Stone
19. The Afghan Mafia, 2009
20. The Beginning of the End? Summer 2010
21. The Taliban in Quetta, 2007
22. The Sun in the Sky
23. Turning the Tide
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