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100	1		_aFarrell, Theo, _d1967- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aUnwinnable : _bBritain's war in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 / _cTheo Farrell.
264		1	_aLondon : _bThe Bodley Head, _c2017.
300			_axix, 555 pages : _bmaps ; _c24 cm; Hard Bound.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 429-520) and index.
505			_a1. Atta in America – 2. Shoulder to should – 3. original sin – 4. Road to Helmand – 5. Bad beginning – 6. Mission impossible – 7. The campaign flounders – 8. American surge – 9. Showdown – 10. Undefeated – 11. Time runs out.
520			_aIt 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 British and US forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having done the job they set out to do: to defeat al-Qaeda and stop it from launching further terrorist attacks against the West.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	_aAfghan War, 2001- _xParticipation, British.
650		0	_aAfghan War, 2001- _xCampaigns.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xArmed Forces _zAfghanistan.
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