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Author : David Fleishhacker
Release : 2001
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 602/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lessons from Afghanistan by : David Fleishhacker
Download or read book Lessons from Afghanistan written by David Fleishhacker. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fernando Gentilini
Release : 2013-07-02
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 233/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Afghan Lessons by : Fernando Gentilini
Download or read book Afghan Lessons written by Fernando Gentilini. This book was released on 2013-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fernando Gentilini served nearly two years as the civilian representative of NATO in Afghanistan, running a counterinsurgency campaign in the wartorn nation. Afghan Lessons is the fascinating story of his mission, a firsthand view of Afghanistan through a kaleidoscope. He explores Afghan history, literature, tradition, and culture to understand some of the most basic questions of Western involvement: What is the purpose? What does an international presence mean, and how can it help? Highlights from Afghan Lessons “This is a book about different worlds, different realities. The reality of everyday life in an unreal world. People that need to be looked after, jobs that need to be done, a country that needs to be restored, all from within the necessary confines of an armed camp. And this in the middle of another reality, which we do not understand, full of things forgotten under decades of war. The keys to this reality lie in the past, perhaps lost.” —from the Foreword by Robert Cooper “To tempt me to explore their country, the Afghans kept repeating that there were three different Afghanistans: ‘The first is the one you Westerners imagine; another coincides with the city of Kabul; the third is the country of remote provinces, far away from the cities, and of the three, this is the only real Afghanistan.’” “‘There can be no development without security and no security without development.’ . . . Everyone said it over and over again, both the civilians and the military, but depending on whether it was said by the former or the latter, the emphasis was placed on the first or second part of the slogan. In all honesty this seemingly obvious concept concealed two contrasting ways of seeing things.”
Author : Anthony H. Cordesman
Release : 2002
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 175/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Lessons of Afghanistan by : Anthony H. Cordesman
Download or read book The Lessons of Afghanistan written by Anthony H. Cordesman. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asymmetric wars tend to be highly adaptive, and this war is both regional and global in scope. It is also a struggle fought in a context where it may come to interact with other conflicts such as the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian struggle and a possible U.S. effort to drive Saddam Hussein from power. So, while it is easier to draw lessons than to validate them, this study begins that process."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Ben Barry
Release : 2018-10-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 366/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Harsh Lessons by : Ben Barry
Download or read book Harsh Lessons written by Ben Barry. This book was released on 2018-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent Afghanistan and Iraq wars were very controversial. The conflicts’ casualties, intractability and the apparent failure of the US and its allies to achieve their objectives mean that many see the wars as failures. This resulted in a loss of confidence in the West of the utility of force as an instrument of state power. Both wars have been well described by journalists. There is no shortage of memoirs. But there is little discussion of how the conduct of these wars and capabilities of the forces involved changed and evolved, and of the implications of these developments for future warfare. This book gives readers a clear understanding of the military character dynamics of both wars and how these changed between 2001 and 2014. This includes the strategy, operations, tactics and technology of the forces of the US and its allies, Afghan and Iraqi government forces as well as insurgents and militias, showing how they evolved over time. Many of these developments have wider relevance to future conflicts. The book identifies those that are of potential wider application to US, NATO and other western forces, to insurgents, as well as to forces of states that might choose to confront the west militarily.
Author : Thomas G. Mahnken
Release : 2020-06-16
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 511/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Learning the Lessons of Modern War by : Thomas G. Mahnken
Download or read book Learning the Lessons of Modern War written by Thomas G. Mahnken. This book was released on 2020-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning the Lessons of Modern War uses the study of the recent past to illuminate the future. More specifically, it examines the lessons of recent wars as a way of understanding continuity and change in the character and conduct of war. The volume brings together contributions from a group of well-known scholars and practitioners from across the world to examine the conduct of recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, South America, and Asia. The book's first section consists of chapters that explore the value of a contemporary approach to history and reflect on the value of learning lessons from the past. Its second section focuses on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chapters on Iraq discuss the lessons of the Iraq War, the British perspective on the conflict, and the war as seen through the lens of Saddam Hussein's military. Chapters on Afghanistan discuss counterinsurgency operations during the war, Britain's experience in Afghanistan, raising and training Afghan forces, and U.S. interagency performance. The book's third section examines the lessons of wars involving Russia, Israel, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Georgia, and Colombia. It concludes by exploring overarching themes associated with the conduct of recent wars. Containing a foreword by former National Security Advisor Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, Learning the Lessons of Modern War is an indispensable resource for international relations and security studies scholars, policymakers, and military professionals.
