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The American War in Afghanistan

Carter Malkasian

Why did America fight in Afghanistan for twenty years, and what did that war look like in the villages where it was fought?

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Author
Carter Malkasian

Why read it

  • You will see the war through Afghan villages and fields, not only through decisions made in Washington
  • You will learn how sending more troops played out village by village, and how the gains slipped away afterwards
  • You will understand how a crisis at home, like a pandemic, can shrink what a faraway war seems worth

Who it is for

  • Someone who followed the headlines and still wants to know why
  • A policy student studying how wars are started and ended
  • A veteran or family member wanting the war explained from the ground

Contents

  1. The American War in Afghanistan
  2. Thinking about America’s War in Afghanistan
  3. The Country and Peoples of Afghanistan
  4. The Taliban Emirate
  5. The United States Enters Afghanistan
  6. The Karzai Regime
  7. Disorder in Kandahar
  8. The 2006 Taliban Offensive
  9. Taliban Rule, 2007–2010
  10. War in the East
  11. Taliban Advances
  12. The Obama Administration and the Decision to Surge
  13. The Surge in Helmand
  14. Plates
  15. The Surge in Kandahar
  16. End of the Surge
  17. Ghazni and the Andar Awakening
  18. Intervention and Identity
  19. The 2014 Elections
  20. The Taliban Offensives of 2015 and 2016
  21. The Trump Administration
  22. Peace Talks
  23. Looking Back

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