xxiv, 312 p., [16] p. plates : col. ill., maps ; 23 cm.
9780007432011 9780007432028
Afghan War, 2001-. Diplomatic and consular service, British – Afghanistan. Great Britain – Foreign relations – Afghanistan. Afghanistan – Foreign relations – Great Britain. Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-. United States – Foreign relations – Afghanistan. Afghanistan – Foreign relations – United States. Afghan War, 2001- – United States. Cowper-Coles, Sherard, 1955-.
DS 371.412 .C69 2011
21999 22000 26530
Includes bibliographical references.
“If you want to understand what really happened, you absolutely have to read this book
Johan Simpson”—cover page.
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.