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Leaving without losing : the war on terror after Iraq and Afghanistan / Mark N. Katz.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2012.Description: x, 147 pages : maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781421411835
  • 1421411830
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV6432. K38 2012
Contents:
Contents: Acknowledgments—Prologue. The beginning of the end of the War on Terror?—The War on Terror in perspective—The second decade of the War on Terror—What exactly is the War on Terror?—Understanding what went wrong in the first decade—Assessing the Bush strategy—Why couldn't the United States foster democracy in Iraq?—Why couldn't the United States foster democracy in Afghanistan?—Democratization and the legacy of history in the Muslim world—Assessing the Obama strategy—Opportunities after withdrawal—Consequences of withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan—Regional opposition—Radical repression—Rifts among the radicals—Withdrawal need not be defeat—Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan—Regional and local conflicts in the War on Terror—The Israeli-Palestinian conflict—Iran—Yemen—Pakistan—Decoupling regional and local conflicts from the War on Terror—New factors and broader contexts—The death of Osama bin Laden—The Arab Spring—The geopolitical context—The historical context—The Bush and Obama legacies.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University HV6432.K38 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000359876
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Contents: Acknowledgments—Prologue. The beginning of the end of the War on Terror?—The War on Terror in perspective—The second decade of the War on Terror—What exactly is the War on Terror?—Understanding what went wrong in the first decade—Assessing the Bush strategy—Why couldn't the United States foster democracy in Iraq?—Why couldn't the United States foster democracy in Afghanistan?—Democratization and the legacy of history in the Muslim world—Assessing the Obama strategy—Opportunities after withdrawal—Consequences of withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan—Regional opposition—Radical repression—Rifts among the radicals—Withdrawal need not be defeat—Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan—Regional and local conflicts in the War on Terror—The Israeli-Palestinian conflict—Iran—Yemen—Pakistan—Decoupling regional and local conflicts from the War on Terror—New factors and broader contexts—The death of Osama bin Laden—The Arab Spring—The geopolitical context—The historical context—The Bush and Obama legacies.

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