Description |
1 online resource (287 pages) |
Contents |
The nature of the Atlantic beast -- A benevolent alliance -- NATO and Afghanistan -- Original sins : a benevolent alliance goes to war, 2001-2005 -- Crisis and comeback : confronting the insurgency, 2006-2008 -- The reckoning : searching for a strategic purpose, 2008-2011 |
Summary |
The war in Afghanistan has run for more than a decade, and NATO has become increasingly central to it. In this book, Sten Rynning examines NATO's role in the campaign and the difficult diplomacy involved in fighting a war by alliance. He explores the history of the war and its changing momentum, and explains how NATO at first faltered but then improved its operations to become a critical enabler for the U.S. surge of 2009. However, he also uncovers a serious and enduring problem for NATO in the shape of a disconnect between high liberal hopes for the new Afghanistan and a lack of realism about |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
|
SUBJECT |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization fast |
Subject |
Afghan War, 2001-2021.
|
|
NAVO.
|
|
Afghanistan.
|
Form |
Electronic book
|
ISBN |
9780804784948 |
|
0804784949 |
|