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The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
by Gall, Carlotta
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0544046692
- ISBN 13
- 9780544046696
- Seller
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014-04-08. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 9x6x1. Excellent copy, nearly new. 1st edition/1st printing. Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Cover corners are square; slight pressure bend to bottom of spine. Jacket has mild surface and edge wear; no tears. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
Synopsis
Carlotta Gall has reported from Afghanistan and Pakistan for almost the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation, beginning shortly after 9/11. She knows just how much this war has cost the Afghan people, and how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government and intelligence forces. Now that American troops are withdrawing, it is time to tell the full history of how we have been fighting the wrong enemy, in the wrong country. Gall combines searing personal accounts of battles and betrayals with moving portraits of the ordinary Afghanis who endured a terrible war of more than a decade. Her firsthand accounts of Taliban warlords, Pakistani intelligence thugs, American generals, Afghani politicians, and the many innocents who were caught up in this long war are riveting. Her evidence that Pakistan fueled the Taliban and protected Osama bin Laden is revelatory. This is a sweeping account of a war brought by well-intentioned American leaders against an enemy they barely understood, and could not truly engage.
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- Bookseller
- Lake Country Books and More
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DA12110070029
- Title
- The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
- Author
- Gall, Carlotta
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0544046692
- ISBN 13
- 9780544046696
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2014-04-08
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military and War:Middle East;
- X weight
- 20 oz
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