The Afghan war : why the US lost

• 主要作者: Saikal, Amin
• 其他作者: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• 格式: Commentary
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2022
• 主題: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; International Politics and Security
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155291

A number of variables underpin US failure in Afghanistan. But the most salient ones are three that also explain America’s Vietnam fiasco and the Soviet Union’s Afghanistan debacle. Whatever Washington’s reasoning, the Taliban’s return to power entails serious implications for the US’ and NATO’s pres...