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Mike Ryan

Frontline Afghanistan

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In the nine years since the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan has rarely been out of the news. Over a thousand coalition military fatalities have been reported, and many times that number of Afghan civilians. The country is in the process of rebuilding, and yet the fighting continues. Following the success of his previous book, Battlefield Afghanistan, Mike Ryan looks at the state of this war-ravaged nation as Barack Obama finally decides to escalate America's military presence. He considers the current role of coalition troops and the progress being made, or not being made — more than 100 British troops died in Afghanistan in 2009, the highest death toll for any year since the mission began in October 2001 — things are getting worse, not better.
The author has unrivalled access not only to commanding officers, but also to the 'boots on the ground'. With more than 200 colour photographs and analysis of the situation from those actually doing the fighting, Frontline Afghanistan may help the reader to make up his or her mind about the legitimacy of the conflict and the possible way forward.
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Правообладатель
Bookwire
Дата публикации оригинала
2010
Год выхода издания
2010
Издательство
The History Press
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  • Mikael Svendsenцитирует6 лет назад
    there are simply not enough NATO boots on the ground to dominate and until there are, NATO cannot shape the battlefield that is Afghanistan in its favour. The Afghans see this all the time, when our forces are in their village one day promising them the earth, while the next day it’s the Taliban giving them a gypsies’ warning as to the consequences of cooperating with the infidel.
  • Mikael Svendsenцитирует6 лет назад
    How can you possibly have workers trying to build new schools and hospitals when they are being either murdered or intimidated on a daily basis because there is no guaranteed regular protection for them – either from foreigners or their fellow countrymen in the Afghan Police and Army
  • Mikael Svendsenцитирует6 лет назад
    The buzz word at this present time in Afghanistan is reconstruction – via our PRTs (Provincial Reconstruction Teams). All very laudable, but how can our military support local civilians in their efforts to stop growing opium poppy when it pays so well compared to what we have
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