Afghanistan: How the West Lost Its Way

by Tim Bird and Alex Marshall

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the intervention in Afghanistan, a major assessment of strategy in this most unstable of nations

In October 2001, NATO forces invaded Afghanistan. Their initial aim, to topple the Taliban regime and replace it with a more democratic government aligned to Western interests, was swiftly achieved. However, stabilizing the country in the ensuing years has proven much more difficult. Despite billions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300154577
• ISBN13: 9780300154573
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"