TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fairweather,Jack
TI  - The good war : : why we couldn't win the war or the peace in Afghanistan / 
SN  - 9780465044955
AV  - DS371.412. F35 2014
PY  - 2014///.
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Basic Books, 
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  -  United States
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  -  Foreign relations
KW  -  Politics and government
KW  -  2001-
N1  - “Includes bibliography”—(pages375-379); Contents: Part I. The missing peace 2001-2005 -- The wrong kind of war -- Bloody hell -- Good Taliban -- The man who would be king -- At the gates -- An irresistible illusion -- National solidarity -- A convenient drug -- Homecoming -- Part II. A dangerous alliance 2004-2007 -- The emperor’s clothes -- PRTS -- A special relationship -- Eradication -- Red sky in the morning -- Fly fishing in the Hindu kush -- How to start a war -- Medusa -- Bad guests -- Stick or twist -- Part III. The blood price 2009-2014 -- An education -- The switch -- Ghosts -- A cruel summer -- Elections -- Political expediency -- A reckoning -- The futility of force -- Endgame.
ER  -