Choosing Defeat

The Twenty-Year Saga of How America Lost Afghanistan
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-009-61437-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 545 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 926 g

A truly unique all-embracing narrative of the American war in Afghanistan from the own words of its architects. Choosing Defeat takes an unparalleled inside look at America's longest war, pulling back the curtain on the inner deliberations behind the scenes. The author combines his own extensive experience in the Army, the CIA, and the White House, with interviews from policymakers within the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, to produce a groundbreaking study of how American leaders make wartime decisions. Transporting you inside the White House Situation Room, every key strategic debate over twenty years – from the immediate aftermath of 9/11, to Obama's surge and withdrawal, to Trump's negotiations with the Taliban, and Biden's final pullout is carefully reconstructed. Paul D. Miller identifies issues in US leadership, governance, military strategy, and policymaking that extend beyond the war in Afghanistan and highlight the existence of deeper problems in American foreign policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Paul D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Myths and mysteries of war in Afghanistan; 2. 2001: victory; 3. 2002–2003: neglect; 4. 2003–2005: refocus; 5. 2006: insurgency; 6. 2007–2008: counterinsurgency; 7. 2009: false start; 8. 2009: the hinge; 9. 2010–2011: surge; 10. 2010–2014: Negotiations; 11. 2012–2014: transition; 12. 2015–2016: Obama's forever war; 13. 2017–2018: Trump's forever war; 14. 2018–2020: Doha; 15. 2021: defeat; 16. Why did we lose?

Über Autor(innen)

Miller, Paul D.
Paul D. Miller is Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University. He served as Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan on the National Security Council staff; worked as an intelligence analyst for the CIA; and served as a military intelligence officer in the US Army. He is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan and author of Just War and Ordered Liberty (Cambridge, 2021) and American Power and Liberal Order (2016).