Voices of the Afghanistan War

Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life

Brian L. Steed, Sheri Steed (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

390 Seiten

2023
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4408-7443-7 (ISBN)

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The War in Afghanistan was the longest military conflict in American history. In a diverse collection of primary documents, this book explores the evolving legacy of the war and its impact on the countless lives it changed forever. Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States spent almost 20 years at war in Afghanistan until it officially withdrew its military forces in August 2021. As the longest war in American history, the War in Afghanistan cost trillions of dollars to sustain and claimed the lives of thousands of American soldiers and many more Afghan civilians. This book tells the story of the war from its varied perspectives, including documents from American and Afghan politicians, high-ranking military officers, and diplomats. The topics covered are even more diverse, ranging from the building and training of security forces and the use drones in modern warfare to the importance of education and the role of women in combat. What the editors lead readers to understand is that the peoples referred to as Afghans have little in common beyond the land itself—a simple, basic, and ultimately ignored reality at the heart of the U.S. invasion, occupation, and frustration in Afghanistan.

Brian L. Steed is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel with more than 30 years of civilian and uniformed experience. He has written widely on military theory, Middle East culture, and history. Sheri Steed is an editor, blogger, and professional organizer with step-by-step-declutter.com.

Preface
Introduction
Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents Chronology of the Afghanistan War
9/11 and Before
1. Reflections on Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, December 26, 1979
2. Regarding the Further Measures in Afghanistan, USSR Politburo Meeting, November 13, 1986
3. Osama bin Laden Is Guest of Taliban, US DoS, January 9, 1997
4. Jihad against Jews and Crusaders, Osama bin Laden, February 23, 1998
5. None of Us Will Ever Forget This Day, George W. Bush, September 11, 2001
6. Addressing the UN General Assembly, George W. Bush, November 10, 2001
7. Osama bin Laden Claims 9/11 Attacks, Osama bin Laden, December 13, 2001
Triumph and Tutelage (October 2001–December 2002)
8. Outlining the War Effort, George W. Bush, April 17, 2002
9. B-52s as Close Air Support, Mike Adderley, March 2002
10. My Vision of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, September 12, 2002
11. Preemption: The National Security Strategy of the United States, September 2002
12. Working with Warlords, Michael D. Coker, 2001–2002
13. Building a Base, David Short, 2002–2004
14. Coordinating with Coalition Forces, David Short, January 2002
Backing into Counterinsurgency (January 2003–December 2008)
15. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, January 26, 2004
16. Friendly Fire, Patrick Tillman, April 22, 2004
17. Managing the Global War on Terrorism, Robert L. Caslen Jr., Summer 2004
18. U.S. Army Doctrine on Counterinsurgency, U.S. Army, 2006
19. Designing a Government, Dr. Zalmai Rassoul, March 2006
20. The Insurgency Will Never Go Away, Don Bolduc, July 26, 2006
21. Provincial Reconstruction Teams, Karen Malzahn, 2006–2007
22. Problems in the Police Force, Del Saam, 2004, 2008
23. Helicopter Down, Jorgensen, May 2006
The Surge (January 2009–June 2011)
24. Commander’s Initial Assessment, Stanley McChrystal, August 30, 2009
25. Training the Afghan Army, Dr. Jack Kem, 2009–2011
26. Medal of Honor, Dakota Meyer, September 8, 2009
27. The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Barack Obama, December 1, 2009
28. One Tribe at a Time, Jim Gant, December 2, 2009
29. How the Taliban Takes a Village, Mark Sexton, December 7, 2009
30. The Ethnics, Massoud Mosamem, 2010
31. Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009, Omnibus Appropriations Act, March 11, 2009
32. A Strategic Agreement between a Lion and America, Hamid Karzai, November 19, 2011
Women and Afghanistan
33. An Extraordinary Leap Forward for Afghan Women, Laura Bush, March 30, 2005
34. Women in Combat, Anonymous, 2013
35. Female Tactical Platoons, Mahnaz Akbari, 2010–2021
36. The Ultimate Sacrifice, Jennifer Moreno, 2013
37. Freedom through Education, Pashtana Durrani, 2017–Present
Transition (July 2011–December 2014)
38. The Drone Debate, Barack Obama, May 23, 2013
39. Next Steps in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, May 27, 2014
40. We Didn’t Know What We Were Doing, Douglas Lute, February 20, 2015
41. Green on Blue Attacks, Asfar Khan, November 3, 2018
The Long Goodbye (January 2015–September 2021)
42. Pakistan: Friend or Foe, Zalmay Khalilzad, July 12, 2020
43. Strategy for Afghanistan, Donald J. Trump, August 21, 2017
44. Opium in Afghanistan, United Nations, July 2019
45. Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, February 29, 2020
46. Drawdown of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, Joseph Biden, July 8, 2021
47. Lessons Learned, SIGAR, August 21, 2021
48. Summary of What the United States Didn’t Understand, Thomas Joscelyn, October 5, 2021
Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in the Text
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2023
Reihe/Serie	Voices of an Era
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4408-7443-3 / 1440874433
ISBN-13	978-1-4408-7443-7 / 9781440874437
Zustand	Neuware