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The good war : what we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan by Jack Fairweather is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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In the earliest years of the war in Afghanistan, after the Taliban fell to an American-led coalition, the fight there appeared to be a triumph u a 'good war' in comparison to the debacle in Iraq. Now, thirteen years after it began, it has turned into the longest war in US history, as well as the most profligate; at an estimated $4 to $6 trillion, the final price tag for America's part in the war in Afghanistan will be higher than that of World War II. And with thousands of coalition servicemen and Afghan civilians having paid for the war with their lives or limbs, the true cost of this futile expedition may never be properly calculated. As the Allies wind down their combat operations in Afghanistan and slouch toward withdrawal, the time is right for a full accounting of what went wrong. In The Good War, acclaimed author and war correspondent Jack Fairweather goes beyond the battlefield to explore the righteous intentions and stunning hubris that brought the United States and its allies to the verge of defeat in this far-flung theatre. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, troves of previously untapped material from Afghan government archives and months of experience living and reporti
Who reads The good war : what we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jack Fairweather
- Publisher
- London: Vintage Books
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780099578772
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Humanities