In the Graveyard of Empires

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After the quick thrashing of the Taliban in 2001, American positive thinking has consistently vanished even with mounting brutality; another “war of a thousand cuts” has now pushed the nation to the edge of total collapse. In the Graveyard of Empires is a political history of Afghanistan in the “Period of Terror” from 2001 to 2009, investigating the central misfortune of America’s longest war since Vietnam.

After a short review of the incredible domains in Afghanistan―the missions of Alexander the Great, the British in the time of Kipling, and the late Soviet Union―Seth G. Jones inspects the focal inquiry of our own war: how did a revolt create? Following the September 11 assaults, the United States effectively ousted the Taliban system. It set up security all through the country―killing, catching, or dissipating a large portion of al Qa’ida’s senior operatives―and Afghanistan at long last started to rise up out of over twenty years of battle and strife. However, Jones contends that as ahead of schedule as 2001 making arrangements for the Iraq War redirected assets and capable work force, sabotaging the increases that had been made. Following eight years, he says, the United States has figured out how to push al Qa’ida’s central command around 100 miles over the fringe into Pakistan, the good ways from New York to Philadelphia.