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02428aam a22003858i 4500 001 5757687884F111E48B84E0CEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20210311022902 008 140818s2014 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014021456 020 $a 0465044956 (hardcover) 020 $a 9780465044955 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)890107042 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDXCP $d SFR $d BTCTA $d JSE $d JP3 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 082 00 $a 958.104/7 $2 23 100 1 $a Fairweather, Jack 245 14 $a The good war : $b why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan / $c Jack Fairweather 263 $a 1410 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c 2014 300 $a xx, 396 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index 505 0 $a Part I. The missing peace 2001-2005 -- The wrong kind of war -- Bloody hell -- Good Taliban -- The man who would be king -- At the gates -- An irresistible illusion -- National solidarity -- A convenient drug -- Homecoming -- Part II. A dangerous alliance 2004-2007 -- The emperor's clothes -- PRTS -- A special relationship -- Eradication -- Red sky in the morning -- Fly fishing in the Hindu kush -- How to start a war -- Medusa -- Bad guests -- Stick or twist -- Part III. The blood price 2009-2014 -- An education -- The switch -- Ghosts -- A cruel summer -- Elections -- Political expediency -- A reckoning -- The futility of force -- Endgame 520 $a In The Good War, the author provides the first full narrative history of the war in Afghanistan, from its inception after 9/11 to the drawdown in 2014. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, previously unpublished archives, and months of reporting in Afghanistan, Fairweather explores the righteous intentions and astounding hubris that caused the American strategy in Afghanistan to flounder, refuting the long-held notion that the war could have been won with more troops and cash 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001- 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001- $z United States 941 $a 6 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092115.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006082826.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826112014.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20151001051557.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20150619014425.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150514020117.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5757687884F111E48B84E0CEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search