{"product_id":"losing-afghanistan-the-fall-of-kabul-and-the-end-of-western-intervention-hardcover","title":"Losing Afghanistan: The Fall of Kabul and the End of Western Intervention - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Brivati\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Taliban forces took Kabul on 15 August 2021, it marked the end of the Western intervention that had begun nearly twenty years earlier with the US-led invasion. The fall of Afghanistan triggered a seismic shock in the West, where US President Joe Biden announced an end to America's involvement in conflicts overseas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Afghanistan itself it produced terror for the future for those who had worked with and grown up under the coalition-supported administration. Now, with the country spiralling into economic collapse and famine, Losing Afghanistan is a plea for us to keep our gaze on the plight of the people of Afghanistan and to understand how action and inaction in the West shaped the fate of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Why was Afghanistan lost? Can it be regained? And what happens next? Edited by international development expert Brian Brivati, this collection of twenty-one essays by analysts, politicians, soldiers, commentators and practitioners - interspersed with powerful eyewitness testimony from Afghan voices - explains what happened in Afghanistan and why, and what the future holds both for its people and for liberal intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Brian Brivati was professor of contemporary\u003cbr\u003ehistory, human rights and life writing at Kingston University until 2009, when\u003cbr\u003ehe left to become director of the John Smith Memorial Trust and implement\u003cbr\u003ecapacity building programmes for the UN and for the UK government globally. He\u003cbr\u003ecombines projects in international development with writing. His most recent\u003cbr\u003ebook was Icarus: The Life and Death of the Abraaj Group and his previous\u003cbr\u003epublications include biographies of Hugh Gaitskell and Lord Goodman. He has\u003cbr\u003ewritten extensively on international politics, conflict and post-conflict\u003cbr\u003erecovery. He blogs at the Charlwood Review: charlwood-review.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765967847712,"sku":"9781785907319","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b836398e9659c46f4fc362b9d9c51db4.webp?v=1780283452","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/losing-afghanistan-the-fall-of-kabul-and-the-end-of-western-intervention-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}