Investment in Blood: The Real Cost of Britain's Afghan War

by Frank Ledwidge

In this follow-up to his much-praised book Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan, Frank Ledwidge argues that Britain has paid a heavy cost - both financially and in human terms - for its involvement in the Afghanistan war. Ledwidge calculates the high price paid by British soldiers and their families, taxpayers in the United Kingdom, and, most importantly, Afghan citizens, highlighting the thousands of deaths and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030019062X
• ISBN13: 9780300190625
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"