In the Graveyard of Empires America's War in Afghanistan

Name: In the Graveyard of Empires America's War in Afghanistan
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ISBN: 9780393338515

ISBN-10: 0393338517

ISBN-13: 9780393338515

Edition: 2010

Authors: Seth G. Jones

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List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/12/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Seth G. Jones has served as a senior advisor at U.S. Special Operations Command and is currently associate director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at RAND, an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, and the author of In the Graveyard of Empires.



List of Maps and Graphs


Chronology


Introduction



Descent into Violence



The Mujahideen Era



Uncivil War



The Rise of the Taliban



Al Qa'ida's Strategic Alliance



Operation Enduring Freedom



Light Footprint



Early Successes



The Logic of Insurgency



Collapse of Law and Order



A Growing Cancer



The Perfect Storm



A Three-Front War



National Caveats



The Water Must Boil



Al Qa'ida: A Force Multiplier



In the Eye of the Storm



Back to the Future


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index