Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan
Material type: TextPublication details: London Bloomsbury 2012Description: xi;368pISBN: 9781408831205Subject(s): Military policy United States Strategic aspects of individual places Politics and government Internal security Obama, Barack Command of troopsDDC classification: 958.10471 Summary: The US Government invested millions in Helmand in the 1950s and '60s to transform the barren desert into a veritable oasis - known locally as 'Little America' - and then the money ran out. Four decades later, Helmand was again the focus of US efforts, as waves of Marines descended on the region. Little America tells the story of the long arc of American involvement, and of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obama's watch. Has the war been worth the money and the bloodshed? Through vivid storytelling and on-the-ground reporting, Samuel Johnson Prize-winner, Rajiv Chandrasekeran sets out to find the answer.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BK | Stack | 958.10471 RAJ/L (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 53952 |
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958.1047 LAM/F Farewell Kabul : from Afghanistan to a more dangerous world | 958.1047 PET/S Seeds of terror | 958.1047 ZAE/M My life with the Taliban | 958.10471 RAJ/L Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan | 958.41 HOP/S Setting the East ablaze : on secret service in Bolshevik Asia Author: Hopkirk, Peter | 959 OBJ Objects and frontiers in modern Asia : between the Mekong and the Indus | 959 PRA/H History of Southeast Asia |
The US Government invested millions in Helmand in the 1950s and '60s to transform the barren desert into a veritable oasis - known locally as 'Little America' - and then the money ran out. Four decades later, Helmand was again the focus of US efforts, as waves of Marines descended on the region. Little America tells the story of the long arc of American involvement, and of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obama's watch. Has the war been worth the money and the bloodshed? Through vivid storytelling and on-the-ground reporting, Samuel Johnson Prize-winner, Rajiv Chandrasekeran sets out to find the answer.
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