The Afghanistan-Pakistan war at the end of 2011 : strategic failure? Talk without hope? Tactical success? Spend not build (and then stop spending)? / Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Washington DC : Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), 2011.Description: 55 pages : maps ; 30 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet DS357.6. P32.
Summary: Summary: “The US is on the thin edge of strategic failure in two wars: the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan/Pakistan. This failure may never reach the point of outright defeat in either country. Iraq may never become hostile, revert to civil war, or come under anything approaching Iranian control. Afghanistan and Pakistan may never become major sanctuaries for terrorist attacks on the US and its allies…”—(page 2).
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Pamphlet DS357.6.P32.C673 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000366418
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Cover title.
“November 15, 2011”.
“Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) ; Burke Chair in Strategy”—at head of title.

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: “The US is on the thin edge of strategic failure in two wars: the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan/Pakistan. This failure may never reach the point of outright defeat in either country. Iraq may never become hostile, revert to civil war, or come under anything approaching Iranian control. Afghanistan and Pakistan may never become major sanctuaries for terrorist attacks on the US and its allies…”—(page 2).

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