Gall, Sandy <br/><br/>
War against the Taliban: why it all went wrong in Afghanistan / 
Sandy Gall 
 - London;  New York:  Bloomsbury Pub.,  2012. 
 - xiii, 385 p.: 1map;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliography and index. 
<br/><br/>PART one: Early Battles<br/>1. Zia and the ISI, 1970-1984 3 <br/>2. The Coming of the Taliban, 199 5-2001 24<br/>3. Tora Bora I, 1982-2001 32<br/>4. Tora Bora 2, 2001-2011 46<br/>5. The British in Kabul, 2001-2002 61<br/>6. The Great Game in the South, 2005 82<br/>7. Ed Butler and Musa Qala, 2006 96<br/>PART two: Corruption and Bad Governance<br/>8. Patronage or Corruption 119<br/>9. The Narco State 127<br/>10. Sherard and the French 147<br/>11. The Girl Who Ran Away from Her Husband, 2010 153<br/>12. The State of the Insurgency, 2008 165<br/>13. The Protection-Money Racket 181<br/>14. A Coalition Government, 2010 194<br/>PART three: Why We Failed in Helmand: Politicians or Generals?<br/>15. Brown and Blair: Double Nemesis, 2006-2009 2,07<br/>16. General Richards Takes Over, 2006-2011 220<br/>17. The Battles of Panjwai and Musa Qala, 2006-2007 ’ 2.36<br/>PART FOUR: End Game and the Pakistan Connection<br/>18. McChrystal Brought Down by Rolling Stone<br/>19. The Afghan Mafia, 2009<br/>20. The Beginning of the End? Summer 2010<br/>21. The Taliban in Quetta, 2007<br/>22. The Sun in the Sky<br/>23. Turning the Tide 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781408809051 (hardback) 1408809052 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Afghan War--Historical Accounts
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958.1047  / GAL/W