Cables from Kabul : the inside story of the West’s Afghanistan campaign / Sherard Cowper-Cole. (Record no. 22752)

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041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780007432011
International Standard Book Number 9780007432028
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number DS 371.412 .C69 2011
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cowper-Coles, Sherard, 1955-.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Cables from Kabul : the inside story of the West’s Afghanistan campaign / Sherard Cowper-Cole.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc London : HarperPress, 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxiv, 312 p., [16] p. plates : col. ill., maps ; 23 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references.
General note “If you want to understand what really happened, you absolutely have to read this book
General note Johan Simpson”—cover page.
General note Contents: List of illustrations—Map of Afghanistan—Map of Kabul—Tribute to the fallen—Preface—Part I : beginnings—1. An offer I couldn’t reguse—2. First impressions—3. Helmandshire—4. ‘A Marathon rather than a sprint’—5. Breather break—Part II : hope over experience—6. A king’s funeral—7. The spreading virus—8. The great game-round four—9. Hooked on drugs—10. Coping in Kabul—11. Highland fling : Karzai in Scotland—12. Mr. Brown comes to town—Part III : aginst an ebbing tide—13. Reversal of fortune—14. ‘we are winning-only it doesn’t feel like it’—15. The Karzai conundrum—16. Cracking on in Helmand—17. Afghan attitudes—18. Waiting for Obama—Part IV : tactics without strategy : one last heave—19. Biden and beyond—20. Au revoir Afghanistan—21 Richard Holbrooke’s Flying Circus—22. Where’s dick?—Part V : recessional—23. Embassy encore—24. Untying the knot—25. Three lessons learned—26. Back to the future—Acknowledgements—Abbreviations—Index.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghan War, 2001-.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Diplomatic and consular service, British – Afghanistan.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Great Britain – Foreign relations – Afghanistan.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghanistan – Foreign relations – Great Britain.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element United States – Foreign relations – Afghanistan.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghanistan – Foreign relations – United States.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Afghan War, 2001- – United States.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cowper-Coles, Sherard, 1955-.
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Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type Source of classification or shelving scheme
        Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 17/10/2012   DS 371.412 .C69 2011 21999 17/10/2012 17/10/2012 Books  
        Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 17/10/2012     22000 17/10/2012 17/10/2012 Books  
        Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 10/11/2012   DS 371.412 .C69 2011 26530 10/11/2012 10/11/2012 Monograph Library of Congress Classification