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The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
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The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 Hardcover - 2014 - 1st Edition

by Gall, Carlotta

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A sweeping history and powerful indictment of America's longest overt war, by the veteran New York Times journalist who was stationed in-country throughout the entire conflict.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014-04-08. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 9x6x1. Excellent copy, nearly new. 1st edition/1st printing. Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Cover corners are square; slight pressure bend to bottom of spine. Jacket has mild surface and edge wear; no tears. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.
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  • Title The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
  • Author Gall, Carlotta
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good +
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, U.S.A.
  • Date 2014-04-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # DA12110070029
  • ISBN 9780544046696 / 0544046692
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.4 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 3.56 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Pakistan, Qaida (Organization)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013044257
  • Dewey Decimal Code 958.104

Summary

Carlotta Gall has reported from Afghanistan and Pakistan for almost the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation, beginning shortly after 9/11. She knows just how much this war has cost the Afghan people, and how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government and intelligence forces. Now that American troops are withdrawing, it is time to tell the full history of how we have been fighting the wrong enemy, in the wrong country.

Gall combines searing personal accounts of battles and betrayals with moving portraits of the ordinary Afghanis who endured a terrible war of more than a decade. Her firsthand accounts of Taliban warlords, Pakistani intelligence thugs, American generals, Afghani politicians, and the many innocents who were caught up in this long war are riveting.  Her evidence that Pakistan fueled the Taliban and protected Osama bin Laden is revelatory. This is a sweeping account of a war brought by well-intentioned American leaders against an enemy they barely understood, and could not truly engage.

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