The AfPak war at the turning point of American empire

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Title:

The AfPak war at the turning point of American empire

Author:

Fitzgerald, Paul.

Personal Author:

Fitzgerald, Paul.

Publication Information:

San Francisco, CA : City Lights Books, [2011]

Physical Description:

253 pages ; 22 cm.

Series:

Open media series

Open Media book.

General Note:

Includes index.

Language:

English

Contents:

Prologue: Fort Del Oro -- The great game for Central Asia, then and now -- Crossing zero -- Creating the Taliban -- AfPak : what is it? -- Obama's Vietnam? -- Metrics -- NATO -- U.S./Pakistan : a history -- Warlords, the Taliban, and Al Qaeda -- Death from above -- Decrypting the Afghan/American agenda -- Closing zero -- Issues, answers, and recommendations -- Epilogue.

Subject Term:

Imperialism -- History.

Afghan War, 2001-2021

Terrorism -- Afghanistan.

Geographic Term:

Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects.

Pakistan -- Strategic aspects.

Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects.

Afghanistan -- Military relations -- United States.

United States -- Military relations -- Afghanistan.

Pakistan -- Military relations -- United States.

United States -- Military relations -- Pakistan.