Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv2012
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Rajiv Chandrasekaran focuses on Helmand in 2009, the year of Obama's surge. 'Little America' is a story of this long arc of American involvement, and of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obama's watch.
Main title:
Little America : the war within the war for Afghanistan / Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Collation:
368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408830079 (hbk)
Dewey class:
958.10471958.104742
Language:
English
Subject:
Afghan War, 2001- -- Political aspects -- United StatesUnited States -- Military policyUnited States -- Politics and government -- 2009-Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Helmand River ValleyEconomic assistance, American -- Afghanistan -- Helmand River ValleyNation-building -- AfghanistanUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-United States -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- United StatesHistory
BRN:
780982