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STEELE, JONATHAN: : GHOSTS OF AFGHANISTAN - The Haunted Battleground

LONDON.PORTOBELLO BOOKS,2011.

ISBN 9781846274305.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj's front,inner flap - price printed to rear panel of dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt wrap-around monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj,with brown and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bBright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original,plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked red ink printed letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-437pp [paginated] includes 13 myths about Afghanistan,a chronology,dramatis personae,anatomy of Afghan society,a b/w map (Afghanistan),an introduction, 14 chapters and a conclusion,acknowledgements, notes,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and a contents list/table and 2pp blanks at rear. The definitive assessment of the wars in Afghanistan by the reporter and analyst with the longest direct experience of this indomitable country's three decades of tragedy. There are dozens of books on the Afghan wars. Most centre on firefights and heroics.This is the first to take the events of the war Bush and Blair started in October 2001,put them in context of the Soviet war and even the British imperial wars that preceded them,and draw the lessons out.No war against the Afghans is ever won. Garrisoning the country is not an answer.The only way out is to forge a peace settlement.Here Steele explains how the Russians fared; how Gorbachev ended a wasteful war; how the US blocked the road to peace in the 1990s; and how Obama is still repeating his forerunners' mistakes. 'Ghosts of Afghanistan' stands out for its fair and honest reporting,vivid writing,clarity of view and firmness of argument.Steele was part of the Guardian team which got first access to the WikiLeaks cache on Afghanistan,and he makes riveting use of the behind-the-scenes attitudes and secret planning of ministers,diplomats and generals which the documents reveal. Steele's stature as an analyst of the region of 30 years' standing,his record as one of Britain's finest foreign correspondents and his interpretation of what he found in the WikiLeaks cables give his book a unique perspective.If you read one book to understand where things went wrong in Afghanistan and how the country can return to peace,this should be it. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,item's actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if offered P/p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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