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Author Kowaluk, Lucia

Title Afghanistan and Canada : Is There an Alternative to the War?
Published New York : Black Rose Books, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (443 pages)
Contents Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Afghanistan and Canada; Afghanistan and Canada -- The Context; Putting an End to the "Great War for Civilization" -- D'ABORD SOLIDAIRES; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; War-fighting Role in Afghanistan Betrays Canadian Values; Harper Is Happy to Turn Canada from Peacemaker to War-maker; Canada in Afghanistan: "a well-intentioned atrocity"; CONTEMPTIBLE STRATEGIES; FORESEEABLE FAILURE; RESPONSIBILITY; NOTES; Afghanistan and Canada -- History and Background; What is Canada Promoting in Afghanistan? -- A Brief History of its Role; REGIME CHANGE
PERSISTENCE OF THE TALIBANTHE US GOVERNMENT CREATES A NEW REGIME; CREATING A NEW CONSTITUTION; DEMONSTRATION ELECTIONS; GROWING OPPOSITION TO THE US PUPPET REGIME; WHAT CAN BE DONE?; NEGOTIATING WITH THE TALIBAN; NOTES; Afghanistan: Mirage of the Good War; POLITICAL FAILURES; ANOINTMENT OF KARZAI; NEW INEQUALITIES; AN AFGHAN SURGE?; OLDER MODELS; NATO'S GOALS; NOTES; Canada's Role in the Occupation of Afghanistan -- ÉCHEC À LA GUERRE; INTRODUCTION; SECTION 1 : AFGHANISTAN: A LEGITIMATE MILITARY INTERVENTION?; SECTION 2: AFTER FIVE YEARS OF FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION IN AFGHANISTAN ..
SECTION 3: THE REAL REASON FOR THE WAR: EXPANSION OF THE US EMPIRESECTION 4: CANADA'S INTERVENTION IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE "WAR ON TERRORISM"; SECTION 5: WHAT DOES ÉCHEC À LA GUERRE PROPOSE?; NOTES; Afghanistan and Canada -- Current Situation and Canada's Role; How Much Is this War Costing Canadians?; COSTING METHODOLOGY; COSTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE THE AFGHANISTAN MISSION(S); FULL COST AND INCREMENTAL COST; DND FIGURES; COSTS FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA; VETERANS' HEATH CARE; VETERANS' DEATH AND DISABILITY PAYMENTS; COSTS FOR CIDA; TOTAL GOVERNMENT COSTS; FULL ECONOMIC COSTS
THE ABANDONMENT OF PEACEKEEPING BY CANADACONCLUSIONS; NOTES; The Challenges to Aid: Humanitarian and Development Work in the "War on Terror"; INTRODUCTION; TRANSFORMING AFGHANISTAN; THE DILEMMAS FOR MULTI-MANDATE ORGANIZATIONS; THE CHALLENGES TO AID: HUMANITARIAN & DEVELOPMENT WORK IN THE "WAR ON TERROR"; CO-OPTING AID FOR SECURITY ENDS; CARRYING OUT PEACEBUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS -- IN THE WAR ON TERROR; THE MILITARY'S POSITION; THE NGOS' POSITION; SAFEGUARDING HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES OF INDEPENDENCE/NEUTRALITY/IMPARTIALITY
CIVILIAN PROTECTION/ USE OF FORCE ISSUES (JUST WAR AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS)CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Our Political and Military Americanization: Afghan Torture Furor Shows How ... ; No Life Like It: The PR Battles of the Canadian Military; OVER-PRUNING?; PR LANDMINE; NO LIFE LIKE IT; Is the War in Afghanistan Legal? -- LIGUE DES DOITS ET LIBERTÉS; AFGHAN PRISONERS AND THE ISSUE OF TORTURE; ILLEGAL INTERVENTION; THE LIGUE DES DROITS ET LIBERTÉS SUPPORTS THE CALL TO WITHDRAW CANADIAN TROOPS ... ; NOTES; The Answer To Why Canada Is War-fighting in Kandahar
Afghanistan and Canada -- Women's Question
Summary Traces Canada's military involvement in Afghanistan in the hope of finding an alternative to continuing war
Notes Print version record
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Participation, Canadian
Armed Forces.
Military participation -- Canadian.
Military policy.
SUBJECT Canada -- Armed Forces -- Afghanistan
Canada -- Military policy
Subject Afghanistan.
Canada.
Form Electronic book
Author Staples, Steven
ISBN 9781551643496
1551643499