In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan - Softcover

Jones; Seth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393338517 ISBN 13: 9780393338515

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2010

Synopsis

Title: In the Graveyard of Empires( America's War in Afghanistan) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: SethG.Jones <>Publisher: W.W.Norton&Company

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Review:

[An] excellent book.--James Blitz

How we got to where we are in Afghanistan.--Matthew Kaminski

A useful and generally lively account of what can go wrong when outsiders venture onto the Afghan landscape.--Steven Simon

This is a serious work that should be factored in as a new policy in Afghanistan evolves.--Jay Freeman

[Zeroes] in on what went awry after America's successful routing of the Taliban in late 2001.--Michiko Kakutani

A blueprint for winning in a region that has historically brought mighty armies to their knees.--Doug Childers

Seth Jones has combined forceful narrative with careful analysis, illustrating the causes of this deteriorating situation, and recommending sensible, feasible steps to reverse the escalating violence.--James Dobbins, author of After the Taliban: Nation Building in Afghanistan

Offers a valuable window onto how officials have understood the military campaign.--Robert D. Crews

Seth Jones . . . has an anthropologist's feel for a foreign society, a historian's intuition for long-term trends, and a novelist's eye for the telling details that illuminate a much larger story. If you read just one book about the Taliban, terrorism, and the United States, this is the place to start.--Jeremi Suri, author of Henry Kissinger and the American Century

A timely and important work, without peer in terms of both its scholarship and the author's intimate knowledge of the country, the insurgency threatening it, and the challenges in defeating it.--Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University, author of Inside Terrorism

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Praise for In the Graveyard of Empires "Seth Jones . . . has an anthropologist's feel for a foreign society, a historian's intuition for long-term trends, and a novelist's eye for the telling details that illuminate a much larger story. If you read just one book about the Taliban, terrorism, and the United States, this is the place to start."-Jeremi Suri, author of Henry Kissinger and the American Century "A timely and important work, without peer in terms of both its scholarship and the author's intimate knowledge of the country, the insurgency threatening it, and the challenges in defeating it."-Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University, author of Inside Terrorism "A deeply researched and well-analyzed account of the failures of American policies in Afghanistan, In the Graveyard of Empires will be mandatory reading for policymakers from Washington to Kabul."-Peter Bergen, author of Holy War, Inc. and The Osama bin Laden I Know "Seth Jones has combined forceful narrative with careful analysis, illustrating the causes of this deteriorating situation, and recommending sensible, feasible steps to reverse the escalating violence."-James Dobbins, author of After the Taliban: Nation Building in Afghanistan

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0393338517
• ISBN 13: 9780393338515
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464