Hubris, self-interest, and America's failed war in Afghanistan: the self-sustaining overreach
"This book describes the conduct of the U.S.-led post-9/11 war6 in Afghanistan via a long-term historical perspective. It investigates the reasons behind Washington's entrapment in a self-sustaining overreach, emphasizing policy mistakes made in late 2001 and the contradictions associated...
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TABLE OF ACRONYMS vii
Introduction: Hubris, Self-Interest, and America’s Failed War in
Afghanistan: The Self-Sustaining Overreach xi
I: THE STRUCTURAL WEIGHT OF REALISM: FOREIGN
SECURITY INTERESTS AND THE US
ENTANGLEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN 1
1 US Cold War and Post-Cold War Policy: A Volatile and
Security-Driven Interest for the Afghan Pawn 3
2 Operation Enduring Freedom: A Campaign in Search for
Strategic Coherence 41
3 Pouring the US-Led Coalition’s Resources in a Bottomless Pit:
Pakistan’s Predictable Double Game 73
II: TOWARD THE SELF-SUSTAINING OVERREACH:
GRANDIOSE PROJECTS, STRUCTURAL
AMBIGUITIES, AND QUESTIONABLE SUSTAINABILITY 101
4 The Promises and Profound Ambiguities of the US-Led
Coalition’s Democratization Agenda 103
5 The Promises and Profound Ambiguities of the US-Led
Reconstruction and State-Building Agenda 131
6 The Price of Intractable Contradictions: A Seemingly Unending
Security Degradation 161
VI
Contents
III: THE OBAMA ERA: A FINAL SHOWDOWN TO SECURE
A “DECENT INTERVAL? 191
7 The Obama Era: New Intentions, Same Old Strategic Horizon 193
8 The Surge: Disappointing Results and Unaltered Path to
Withdrawal 225
9 Afghanistan in 2015: Betrayed Promises? 257
Conclusion 289
Bibliography 295
Index 317
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