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Blood, metal and dust : how victory turned into defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq

Blood, metal and dust : how victory turned into defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq

Book 2020

"From the high-ranking officer who wrote the still-classified British military analysis of the war in Iraq comes the authoritative history of two conflicts which have overshadowed the beginning of the 21st century. Inextricably linked to the ongoing 'War on Terror', the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan dominated more than a decade of international politics, and their influence is felt to this day. Blood, Metal and Dust is the first military history t...