000			01653cam a2200193Ma 4500
020			_a9781408809051 (hardback)
020			_a1408809052 (hardback)
040			_cCUS
082	0	4	_a958.1047 _bGAL/W
100	1		_aGall, Sandy _920807
245	0	0	_aWar against the Taliban: why it all went wrong in Afghanistan / _cSandy Gall
260			_aLondon; _aNew York: _bBloomsbury Pub., _c2012.
300			_axiii, 385 p.: 1map; _c25 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliography and index.
505			_aPART one: Early Battles 1. Zia and the ISI, 1970-1984 3 2. The Coming of the Taliban, 199 5-2001 24 3. Tora Bora I, 1982-2001 32 4. Tora Bora 2, 2001-2011 46 5. The British in Kabul, 2001-2002 61 6. The Great Game in the South, 2005 82 7. Ed Butler and Musa Qala, 2006 96 PART two: Corruption and Bad Governance 8. Patronage or Corruption 119 9. The Narco State 127 10. Sherard and the French 147 11. The Girl Who Ran Away from Her Husband, 2010 153 12. The State of the Insurgency, 2008 165 13. The Protection-Money Racket 181 14. A Coalition Government, 2010 194 PART three: Why We Failed in Helmand: Politicians or Generals? 15. Brown and Blair: Double Nemesis, 2006-2009 2,07 16. General Richards Takes Over, 2006-2011 220 17. The Battles of Panjwai and Musa Qala, 2006-2007 ’ 2.36 PART FOUR: End Game and the Pakistan Connection 18. McChrystal Brought Down by Rolling Stone 19. The Afghan Mafia, 2009 20. The Beginning of the End? Summer 2010 21. The Taliban in Quetta, 2007 22. The Sun in the Sky 23. Turning the Tide
650		0	_aAfghan War _xHistorical Accounts _920808
651			_aMiddle East _xHistory _920679
942			_cWB16
999			_c1889 _d1889