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Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan

Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan Paperback / softback - 2007

by Sean M. Maloney

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Paperback / softback. New. Within hours of the September 11 attacks, Sean M. Maloney deciphered that Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda were the aggressors behind the despicable act. A war in Afghanistan then was inevitable.
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  • Title Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan
  • Author Sean M. Maloney
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition New edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press, Washington D.C. USA
  • Date 2007-02-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9781597970495
  • ISBN 9781597970495 / 1597970492
  • Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.66 x 5.58 x 1.03 in (22.00 x 14.17 x 2.62 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
  • Dewey Decimal Code 958.104

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Within hours of the September 11 attacks, Sean M. Maloney deciphered that Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda were the aggressors behind the despicable act. A war in Afghanistan then was inevitable. As a military historian, Maloney was determined to go there to study and record the events for posterity, if for no other reason than the education of his future students at Canada's Royal Military College. What resulted is an in-depth and up-close look at the planning stages, deployment, and aftermath of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. In Enduring the Freedom, Maloney presents a rare on-the-spot view from such important locations as Kabul, Bagram, and Kandahar. He describes the American-led intervention in Afghanistan and the conduct of the war through early 2003, then discusses the events of 2003 from the three locales in detail. Some critics contend that the war in Afghanistan is another Vietnam. Maloney rebuts that appraisal, pointing out that as opposed to the vague language of the Vietnam era, American objectives were clearly stated for Afghanistan. Those objectives were: to destroy al Qaeda's networks, training camps, resources, and communication systems; to destroy any governmental entity providing support or sanctuary to al Qaeda; and to undertake reconstruction efforts to ensure international terrorists can never again use the country as a base. The first objective has more or less been achieved. How to accomplish the last two is still widely debated, and Maloney offers some insightful thoughts and opinions. Finally, he offers educated advice going forward in the hopeful completion of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Many books on Afghanistan and radical Islam have been written or even republished since 9/11 to slake the public's thirst for information: indeed, a lot of disinformation and even misinformation was also disseminated during that time, as is wont to happen in the information was also disseminated during that time, as is wont to happen in the information age.

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2007, Page 50