Unwinnable War, An : Australia in Afghanistan

“An unwinnable war charts the motives, negotiations and decisions that carried Australia into Afghanistan: from then Prime Minister John Howard’s presence in Washington DC on September 11, 2001, to the ‘transition’ plan to hand security to Afghan forces-all played out against a backdrop of increasing casualties, military and civilian. Based on interviews with key figures in Australia and abroad, An unwinnable war lays bare the tensions between political and military decision-making, the nature and potency of the US alliance and the influence of individual personalities in charting Australia’s course in what was once dubbed the good war.”
382 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm. #190322
Afghan War, 2001- — Participation, Australian. | Afghan War, 2001 — Political aspects. | Afghanistan — Foreign relations — Australia. | Australia — Foreign relations — Afghanistan.