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u79978 |
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20240612141048.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780226265650 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
ICU/DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
ICU |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
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UK-LoPHL |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
958.1047 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Our latest longest war : |
| Remainder of title |
losing hearts and minds in Afghanistan / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
edited by Aaron B. O'Connell. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Chicago ; |
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London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
The University of Chicago Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
378 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, maps |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent |
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still image |
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rdacontent |
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cartographic material |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"The first rule of warfare is to know one’s enemy. The second is to know thyself. More than fifteen years and three quarters of a trillion dollars after the US invasion of Afghanistan, it’s clear that the United States followed neither rule well. America’s goals in Afghanistan were lofty to begin with: dismantle al Qaeda, remove the Taliban from power, remake the country into a democracy. But not only did the mission come completely unmoored from reality, the United States wasted billions of dollars, and thousands of lives were lost. Our Latest Longest War is a chronicle of how, why, and in what ways the war in Afghanistan failed. Edited by historian and Marine Lieutenant Colonel Aaron B. O’Connell, the essays collected here represent nine different perspectives on the war—all from veterans of the conflict, both American and Afghan. Together, they paint a picture of a war in which problems of culture and an unbridgeable rural-urban divide derailed nearly every field of endeavor. The authors also draw troubling parallels to the Vietnam War, arguing that deep-running ideological currents in American life explain why the US government has repeatedly used armed nation-building to try to transform failing states into modern, liberal democracies. In Afghanistan, as in Vietnam, this created a dramatic mismatch of means and ends that neither money, technology, nor the force of arms could overcome. The war in Afghanistan has been the longest in US history, and in many ways, the most confounding. Few who fought in it think it has been worthwhile. These are difficult topics for any American or Afghan to consider, especially those who lost friends or family in it. This sobering history—written by the very people who have been fighting the war—is impossible to ignore."--Provided by publisher. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Afghanistan National Security Forces. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
12844 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
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54953 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Military policy. |
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19583 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Afghanistan |
| General subdivision |
Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision |
2001-2021 |
| 9 (RLIN) |
20179 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
O'Connell, Aaron B., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1973- |
| Relator term |
editor. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
113972 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Suppress in OPAC |
Do not suppress in OPAC |