Name: Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention (en Inglés)
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Author: Coburn, Noah
ISBN: 9780804797771

portada Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Noah Coburn

Editorial

Stanford University Press

Año

2016

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

264

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.6 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm

Peso

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780804797771

N° edición

Categorías

Afganistán
Primera mitad de siglo xxi (c. 2000-c. 2050)
Estudios del desarrollo
Las relaciones internacionales
Economías emergentes
Conflictos tras iigm

Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention (en Inglés)"

The U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan mobilized troops, funds, and people on an international level not seen since World War II. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and tens of billions of dollars flowed into the country. But what was gained for Afghanistan--or for the international community that footed the bill? Why did development money not lead to more development? Why did a military presence make things more dangerous? Through the stories of four individuals--an ambassador, a Navy SEAL, a young Afghan businessman, and a wind energy engineer--Noah Coburn weaves a vivid account of the challenges and contradictions of life during the intervention. Looking particularly at the communities around Bagram Airbase, this ethnography considers how Afghans viewed and attempted to use the intervention and how those at the base tried to understand the communities around them. These compelling stories step outside the tired paradigms of 'unruly' Afghan tribes, an effective Taliban resistance, and a corrupt Karzai government to show how the intervention became an entity unto itself, one doomed to collapse under the weight of its own bureaucracy and contradictory intentions.