Unwinnable : (Record no. 106179)
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| control field | 20127957 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20200319111901.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 170503s2017 enkb b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2017434789 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781847923462 |
| Qualifying information | hardcover |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | e-uk--- |
| -- | a-af--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS371.41252.G7 |
| Item number | F37 2017 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 958.1047341 FAR |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Farrell, Theo, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1967- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Unwinnable : |
| Remainder of title | Britain's war in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Theo Farrell. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | The Bodley Head, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xix, 555 pages : |
| Other physical details | maps ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm; Hard Bound. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| Media type code | n |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| Carrier type code | nc |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-520) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Atta in America –<br/>2. Shoulder to should –<br/>3. original sin –<br/>4. Road to Helmand –<br/>5. Bad beginning –<br/>6. Mission impossible –<br/>7. The campaign flounders –<br/>8. American surge –<br/>9. Showdown –<br/>10. Undefeated –<br/>11. Time runs out. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | It could have been a very different story. British and US forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having done the job they set out to do: to defeat al-Qaeda and stop it from launching further terrorist attacks against the West. Instead, British troops became part of a larger international effort to stabilise the country. Yet over the following thirteen years the British military paid a heavy price for their presence in Helmand province; and when Western troops departed from Afghanistan in 2014, they had failed to stop a Taliban resurgence. In this magisterial study, Theo Farrell explains the origins and causes of the war, providing fascinating insight into the British government's reaction to 9/11 and the steps that led the British Army to Helmand. He details the specific campaigns and missions over the subsequent years, revealing how the military's efforts to create a strategy for success were continually undermined by political realities in Kabul and back home. And he demonstrates conclusively that the West's failure to understand the reasons and dynamics of local conflict in the country meant that the war was unwinnable. Drawing on unprecedented access to military reports and government documents, as well as hundreds of interviews with Western commanders, senior figures in the Taliban, Afghan civilians and British politicians, Unwinnable is an extraordinary work of scholarship. Its depth of analysis, scope and authority make it the definitive history of Britain's War in Afghanistan. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Afghan War, 2001- |
| General subdivision | Participation, British. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Afghan War, 2001- |
| General subdivision | Campaigns. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Great Britain |
| General subdivision | Armed Forces |
| Geographic subdivision | Afghanistan. |
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| c | origres |
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| e | ncip |
| f | 20 |
| g | y-gencatlg |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | SIAS Collection | H.T. Parekh Library | H.T. Parekh Library | 19/03/2020 | 958.1047341 FAR | K2384 | 19/03/2020 | 19/03/2020 | Books |