Vortex of conflict
Subtitle: U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq
By: Dan Caldwell
Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780804776653; 9780804776660
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Afghan War, 2001-; Iraq War, 2003-; Military policy; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-331) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : from Cold War to War on Terror; title: The United States and Islamic countries; title: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States; title: Iraq : from cradle of civilization to republic of fear; title: The development of terrorism, 1991-2001; title: The Bush doctrine; title: Assumptions; title: Intelligence; title: War plans; title: Postwar reconstruction; title: Policymaking; title: Allies; title: Strategy; title: Lessons and legacies : twenty-six articles.