The American War in Afghanistan: A History is a nonfiction historical account of the United States war in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020. It was written by Carter Malkasian and published in 2021 by Oxford University Press.[1][2][3][4][5] In 2022 the author received the Lionel Gelber Prize for this book.[6]
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| Author | Carter Malkasian |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 2021 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| ISBN | 9780197550779 |
Themes
editThis book is a comprehensive history of the war, arguing that one of the primary reasons for the Taliban's success was their deep connection to the religious and social identity of Afghanistan,[7] and that the inability of the American-supported Afghan government to attract popular support and retain control of the country[8] was due to Afghans’ viewing the American military as a foreign occupying power, writing, "The very presence of Americans in Afghanistan trod on what it meant to be Afghan… Any Afghan government, however good, however democratic, was going to be imperiled as long as it was aligned with the United States."[9]
See also
edit- Robert Gates, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
- Ahmed Rashid, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Yale University Press, 2000.
- Summers, Harry G, Jr. On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, Presidio Press, 1982
- Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)
References
edit- ^ Ettinger, Aaron (2021). "Book Review: The American war in Afghanistan: A history". International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 76 (4): 608–610. doi:10.1177/00207020211066332. S2CID 245398011.
- ^ "Two Books on the U.S. War in Afghanistan". Foreign Affairs. 16 September 2021.
- ^ Car, Ronal. "Carter Malkasian: The American war in Afghanistan: A History." Journal of Constitutional History, no. 42, July 2021, pp. 297+. Gale Academic OneFile. Accessed 19 June 2022.(opt for English translation to read article)
- ^ Nagi, John. "Malkasian, Carter. The American War in Afghanistan: A History." Parameters, vol. 51, no. 4, winter 2021, pp. 131+. Gale Academic OneFile. Accessed 19 June 2022.
- ^ Logevall, Fredrik (16 August 2021). "How America Lost Its Way in Afghanistan". The New York Times.
- ^ "2022 Lionel Gelber Prize awarded to Carter Malkasian for The American War in Afghanistan: A History." Defense & Aerospace Week, 27 Apr. 2022, p. 17. Gale In Context: Global Issues
- ^ Lamb, Christina (2 July 2021). "Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Note: The book was published on 1 July 2021, prior to the rapid gains, in August 2021, that Malkasian predicted that the Taliban would make in seizing control of large parts of the country in the wake of the withdrawal of American forces.
- ^ Malkasian, Carter (1 July 2021). The American War in Afghanistan: A History. Oxford, Great Britain: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0197550779.
External links
edit- Official website
- Oxford Scholarship Online
- Book review. Publishers Weekly.
- ISBN 9780197550779
- A Conversation with Carter Malkasian regarding this book. Video. Dartmouth College. YouTube. May 6, 2022.
Further reading
edit- Bose, Srinjoy, ed. Afghanistan – Challenges and Prospects (Routledge, 2018).
- Collins, Joseph J. (2011). Understanding War in Afghanistan (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press. ISBN 978-1-78039-924-9.
- George Friedman (29 June 2010). "The 30-Year War in Afghanistan". Geopolitical Weekly. Stratfor.
- Chiovenda, Andrea; Chiovenda, Melissa (2018). "The specter of the "arrivant": Hauntology of an interethnic conflict in Afghanistan". Asian Anthropology. 17 (3): 165–184. doi:10.1080/1683478X.2018.1480917. S2CID 158172914.
- Farrell, Theo; Giustozzi, Antonio (2013). "The Taliban at war: Inside the Helmand insurgency, 2004—2012". International Affairs. 89 (4): 845–871. doi:10.1111/1468-2346.12048. JSTOR 23479397.