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03187aam a2200409 i 4500 001 59059834CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240217010049 008 221224s2023 enkab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780197694725 020 $a 0197694721 035 $a (OCoLC)1356040301 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d TFW $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d OCLCL $d OCLCA $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 4 $a DS371.4 $b .J36 2023 082 04 $a 958.1 $q OCoLC $2 23/eng/20230216 100 1 $a Jamal, Ahmad Shuja, $e author. 245 14 $a The decline and fall of republican Afghanistan / $c Ahmad Shuja Jamal, William Maley. 264 1 $a Oxford ; $b Oxford University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xv, 285 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 was the result of declining active support for the government, and of waste and inefficiency in aid delivery. Yet, while corrosive, these problems were not in themselves sufficient to have brought about a collapse. To a significant degree, they were the result of early failings in institutional design, reflecting an American inclination to pursue short-term policy approaches that created perverse incentives-thus interfering with the long-term objective of stability. This book exposes the true factors underpinning Kabul's fall. The Afghan Republic came under relentless attack from Taliban insurgents who depended critically on Pakistani support. It also suffered a creeping invasion that put the government on the back foot as the US tried and failed to deal with Pakistan's perfidy. The fatal blow came when bored US leaders naively cut an exit deal with the enemy, fatally compromising the operation of the Afghan army and air force and triggering the final collapse, with top leaders at odds over whether to make a final stand in Kabul. The Afghan Republic did not simply decline and fall. It was betrayed." -- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 648 7 $a Since 2001 $2 fast 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 0 $a Afghanistan $x History $y 2001-2021. 651 0 $a Afghanistan $x Politics and government $y 2001-2021. 651 0 $a Afghanistan $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Afghanistan. 651 7 $a Afghanistan $2 fast $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjXpC7xxDYf4fj9jQq4v3 $0 (OCoLC)fst01205406 651 7 $a United States $2 fast $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Jamal, Ahmad Shuja. $t Decline and fall of republican Afghanistan. $d Oxford ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2023 $z 1805260669 $w (OCoLC)1371143083 700 1 $a Maley, William, $d 1957- $e author. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyWKMkvj7pWMkBRggW9H3 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240217012017.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59059834CD6211EE9507C16149ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search