02992cam a2200745 4500 521398478 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781839768224 1839768223 4bf8ac26-ca68-427d-b325-a0eaa0064a95 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 708474 6508598 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ali, Tariq. The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan [Libby eBook] : A Chronicle Foretold. Verso Books, 2021. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5489B. political science books. International Politics. Contemporary Romance. political philosophy. political science. american history. Military History. american empire. political books. Foreign Policy. world politics. military books. World History. War on Terror. public policy. Pankaj Mishra. Middle East. Geopolitics. Imperialism. bible study. edward said. South Asia. philosophy. government. Education. Christian. democracy. geography. Reference. Economics. war books. politics. Military. Pakistan. Iraq War. culture. Iraq. NATO. War. art. HTML:<p><b>The occupation of Afghanistan is over, and a balance sheet can be drawn. These essays on war and peace in the region reveal Tariq Ali at his sharpest and most prescient.</b></p> <p>Rarely has there been such an enthusiastic display of international unity as that which greeted the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Compared to Iraq, Afghanistan became the “good war.” But a stalemate ensued, and the Taliban waited out the NATO contingents. Today, with the collapse of the puppet regime in Kabul, what does the future hold for a traumatised Afghan people? Will China become the dominant influence in the country?</p> <p>Tariq Ali has been following the wars in Afghanistan for forty years. He opposed Soviet military interven- tion in 1979, predicting disaster. He was also a fierce critic of its NATO sequel, Operation Enduring Freedom. In a series of trenchant commentaries, he has described the tragedies inflicted on Afghanistan, as well as the semi-Talibanisation and...</p>. Nonfiction. Politics. Military. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:35:50.