Us Policy Towards Afghanistan, 1979-2014: 'A Force for Good'

ISBN-13: 9781138366848 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 228 str.

Anthony Teitler

Opis

Providing a study of US policy towards Afghanistan from the Soviet intervention of 1979 to the exit of US/International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) combat troops at the end of 2014, this book examines how the United States’ construction of its interests has shaped its long-term involvement with that country.

Spis treści

Introduction  Chapter 1 – The intersection of constructivism and American exceptionalism  Chapter 2 – Supporting the Afghan ‘freedom fighters’ against the ‘perils’ of communism, 1979-1989  Chapter 3 – The Bush administration’s strategic construction of 9/11 and Afghanistan  Chapter 4 – The Obama administration and the renewed significance of Afghanistan  Chapter 5 – Obama and Afghanistan: the continuing danger of a ‘safe haven’?  Conclusion

O autorze

Anthony Teitler is the Head of the International Relations and Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) undergraduate programs at the Karlshochschule International University, Germany, and a visiting lecturer at the University of Buckingham.