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Title Coalition challenges in Afghanistan : the politics of alliance / edited by Gale A. Mattox and Stephen M. Grenier
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]
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Contents Preface; Select List of Acronyms; Map; 1. Introduction: Framing the War in Afghanistan -- Stephen M. Grenier; Part I.A fghan Government and Nonstate Actors; 2. The Afghan Government at War -- S. Rebecca Zimmerman; 3. Warlords and the Coalition in Afghanistan -- Romain Malejacq; Part II. Western Hemisphere; 4. United States: Examining America's Longest War -- Stephen M. Grenier; 5. Canada: The Evolution of a New Canadian Way of War -- Howard G. Coombs; 6. El Salvador: Exporting Security in the National Interest -- Rebecca Bill Chavez; Part III. Europe
7. Germany: The Legacy of the War in Afghanistan -- Gale A. Mattox8. The United Kingdom: Innocence Lost in the War in Afghanistan? -- Andrew M. Dorman; 9. France: Vigilant Pragmatism in Afghanistan -- Nicolas Fescharek; 10. The Netherlands: To Fight, or Not to Fight? The Rise and Fall of a Smaller Power -- Rem Korteweg; 11. The Visegrad Four: Achieving Long-Term Security Through Alliance Support -- Marybeth P. Ulrich; 12. Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: The UK, Dutch, German, and French Cases -- John A. Nagl and Richard Weitz
13. North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Transformation Under Fire -- Jack J. PorterPart IV. The Middle East and Asia; 14. Jordan and the United Arab Emirates: Arab Partners in Afghanistan -- Daniel P. Brown and Ariel I. Ahram; 15. Japan: A New Self-Defense Force Role ... or Not? -- Takamichi Takahashi; 16. Australia: Terrorism, Regional Security, and the US Alliance -- Maryanne Kelton and Aaron P. Jackson; 17. New Zealand: Fostering the US -New Zealand Relationship -- Robert Ayson; Part V. Regional Actors; 18. Pakistan: A Tale of Two Allies -- Timothy D. Hoyt
19. Russia: Friend or Foe on Afghanistan? -- Renanah Miles20. Going Forward: Lessons Learned -- Gale A. Mattox; Appendix A: International Security Assistance Force Contributing Nations, 2001-2014; Appendix B: Coalition Fatalities in Afghanistan, 2001-2014; Contributors; Index
Summary This book examines the experiences of a range of countries in the conflict in Afghanistan, with particular focus on the demands of operating within a diverse coalition of states. After laying out the challenges of the Afghan conflict in terms of objectives, strategy, and mission, case studies of 15 coalition members--each written by a country expert--discuss each country's motivation for joining the coalition and explore the impact of more than 10 years of combat on each country's military, domestic government, and populace. The book dissects the changes in the coalition over the decade, driven by both external factors--such as the Bonn Conferences of 2001 and 2011, the contiguous Iraq War, and politics and economics at home--and internal factors such as command structures, interoperability, emerging technologies, the surge, the introduction of counterinsurgency doctrine, Green on Blue attacks, escalating civilian casualties, and the impact of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams and NGOs. In their conclusion, the editors review the commonality and uniqueness evident in the country cases, lay out the lessons learned by NATO, and assess the potential for their application in future alliance warfare in the new global order
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 9, 2015)
Subject International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
SUBJECT International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) fast
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Participation, Foreign -- Case studies
Alliances -- Case studies
HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Alliances
Military participation -- Foreign
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Mattox, Gale A., editor.
Grenier, Stephen M., editor.
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