Afghanistan War

Providing an invaluable introductory resource for students investigating the war in Afghanistan this book highlights the evolution of the conflict through the documents that helped to shape it.This carefully curated primary source collection includes more than 80 documents from the national and international participants in nearly four decades of conflict that led to the Afghanistan War. Readers will gain an understanding of the macro and micro costs of the war on the participants and the political social economic and military factors that have allowed the fighting to persist. Authored by a former member of the Afghanistan Study Team at the U.S. Army''s Combat Studies Institute readers will gain special insight into the military dynamics of the war in Afghanistan and how the war has changed those who have fought in it.The book is divided into four chapters that cover the primary phases of the war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and Civil War 19792001; Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Reconstruction Begins 20012003; The Taliban Return 20032009; and The Surge Drawdown and an Uncertain Future 20092017. This structure enables readers to clearly understand how the war evolved and the most significant developments that shaped each period.