L'Afghanistan è stata una guerra impossibile da vincere. Mentre le truppe britanniche e americane si ritirano, scopri questo resoconto definitivo che spiega perché. Avrebbe potuto essere una storia molto diversa. Le forze britanniche avrebbero potuto ritirarsi con successo dall'Afghanistan nel 2002, avendo portato a termine il lavoro che si erano prefissate di fare: sconfiggere al-Qaeda. Invece, negli anni successivi, la Gran Bretagna ha pagato un prezzo devastante per la sua presenza nella provincia di Helmand. Allora perché la Gran Bretagna è entrata e vi è rimasta in una guerra sfortunata? Perché ha fallito in modo così drammatico e questa spedizione era destinata al fallimento fin dall'inizio? Basandosi su un accesso senza precedenti a resoconti militari, documenti governativi e personalità di alto livello, il professor Theo Farrell fornisce uno straordinario lavoro di erudizione. Spiega le origini della guerra, descrive in dettaglio le campagne degli anni successivi ed esamina l'incapacità dell'Occidente di comprendere le dinamiche del conflitto locale e di apprendere le lezioni della storia che alla fine hanno portato a costi devastanti e ripercussioni ancora rilevanti oggi. "Il miglior libro finora sulla guerra della Gran Bretagna in Afghanistan" Affari Internazionali "Magistrale, inconfutabile... Farrell registra tutti questi incontri militari con il ritmo irresistibile di uno scrittore" Sunday Times
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Theo Farrell is Professor and Executive Dean of Law, Humanities and the Arts at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Previously he was Dean of Arts and Social Sciences at City, University of London and, before that, Head of the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Professor Farrell has published several books on military and strategic affairs. He conducted a number of studies in Afghanistan for British authorities and ISAF Command. He remains a Visiting Professor in War Studies at King’s College London.
He explains the origins of the war, details the campaigns over the subsequent years, and examines the West's failure to understand the dynamics of local conflict and learn the lessons of history that ultimately led to devastating costs and repercussions still relevant today. 'Masterful, irrefutable...
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Afghanistan was an unwinnable war. As British and American troops withdraw, discover this definitive account that explains why. It could have been a very different story. British forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having done the job they set out to do: to defeat al-Qaeda. Instead, in the years that followed, Britain paid a devastating price for their presence in Helmand province. So why did Britain enter, and remain, in an ill-fated war? Why did it fail so dramatically, and was this expedition doomed from the beginning? Drawing on unprecedented access to military reports, government documents and senior individuals, Professor Theo Farrell provides an extraordinary work of scholarship. He explains the origins of the war, details the campaigns over the subsequent years, and examines the West's failure to understand the dynamics of local conflict and learn the lessons of history that ultimately led to devastating costs and repercussions still relevant today.'The best book so far on Britain's.war in Afghanistan' International Affairs 'Masterful, irrefutable. Farrell records all these military encounters with the irresistible pace of a novelist' Sunday Times. Codice articolo LU-9781784701321
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Afghanistan was an unwinnable war. As British and American troops withdraw, discover this definitive account that explains why. It could have been a very different story. British forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having done the job they set out to do: to defeat al-Qaeda. Instead, in the years that followed, Britain paid a devastating price for their presence in Helmand province. So why did Britain enter, and remain, in an ill-fated war? Why did it fail so dramatically, and was this expedition doomed from the beginning? Drawing on unprecedented access to military reports, government documents and senior individuals, Professor Theo Farrell provides an extraordinary work of scholarship. He explains the origins of the war, details the campaigns over the subsequent years, and examines the West's failure to understand the dynamics of local conflict and learn the lessons of history that ultimately led to devastating costs and repercussions still relevant today.'The best book so far on Britain's.war in Afghanistan' International Affairs 'Masterful, irrefutable. Farrell records all these military encounters with the irresistible pace of a novelist' Sunday Times. Codice articolo LU-9781784701321
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