High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

by Christopher Elliott

From 2001, Britain supported the United States in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Victory" in such conflicts is always hard to gauge and domestic political backing for them was never robust. For this, the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were held responsible, and paid the price, but the role played by the High Command in the Ministry of Defence also bears examination. Critics have noted that the armed services were riven by internal rivalry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190233052
• ISBN13: 9780190233051
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.4"