To lose a war : the fall and rise of the Taliban

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"From one of the greatest foreign correspondents of our time, whose on-the-ground reporting from Afghanistan has shaped our understanding of the country and its fate, comes the complete accounting of the era from before 9/11 to the return of the Taliban to power in 2021"-- Provided by publisher.

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Afghan War, 2001-2021

Afghanistan History 2001-2021

Taliban

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ISBN:

9780593493090
0593493095

Edition:

Revised and updated edition

Description:

xxiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:

"First published in the United States of America as The Lion's Grave, by Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, Inc., in 2002"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

A lion's death
The warlord
In the court of the pretender
The surrender
City of dreams
Holy and other warriors
Mullah Omar's favorite songs
The assassins
The man in the palace
The Americans' opium war
Day of the superwadi
Force and futility
Annals of assassination
An American way of killing (March 11, 2012)
The ballad of Mullah Omar (July 30, 2015)
Kunduz falls again (October 6, 2015)
The return of the Taliban (August 13, 2021)
The end of the American empire? (September 1, 2021)
After the fall

LCCN:

2025000837

Control Number:

3370587

Other Authors:

revision of: Anderson, Jon Lee. Lion's grave

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