TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gall,Sandy,1927-.
TI  - War against the Taliban : : why it all went wrong in Afghanistan / 
SN  - 9781408809051 
AV  - DS371.412. G35 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Bloomsbury, 
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Taliban.
N1  - Contents: Map—Foreword—Part one : early battles—1. Zia and the ISI, 1970-1984 (p. 3)—2. The coming of the Taliban, 1995-2001 (p. 24)—3. Tora Bora 1, 1982-2001 (p. 32)—4. Tora Bora 2, 2001-2002 (p. 46)—5. The British inKabul, 2001-2002 (p. 61)—6. The great game in the south, 2005 (p. 82)—7. Ed Butler and Musa Qala, 2006 (p. 96)—Part two : corruption and bad governance—8. Patronage or corruption (p. 119)—9. The Narco state (p. 127)—10. Sherard and the French (p. 147)—11. The girl who ran away from her husband, 2010 (p. 153)—12. The state of the insurgency, 2008 (p. 165)—13. The protection-money racket (p. 181)—14. A coalition government, 2010 (p. 194)—Part three : why we failed in Helmand : politicians or generals—15. Brown and Blair : double nemesis, 2006-2009 (p. 207)—16. General Richards takes over, 2006-2011 (p. 220)—17. The battles of Panjwai and Musa Qala, 2006-2007 (p. 236)—Part four : end game and the Pakistan connection—18. McChrystal brought down by Roling Stone (p. 253)—19. The Afghan Mafia, 2009 (p. 268)—20. The beginning of the end? Summer 2010 (p. 282)—21. The Taliban in Quetta, 2007 (p. 292)—22. The sun in the sky (p. 302)—23. Turning tide—Epilogue (p. 341)—Notes (p. 351)—Select bibliography (p. 367)—Acknowledgment (p. 371)—Index (p. 375)
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