| US Army in Afghanistan: Black and White Low Price Edition at Zero Profit distributed in public interest Contributor(s): Amin Ret, Agha H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1548823139 ISBN-13: 9781548823139 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.50 lbs) 164 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This is a personal as well as historical account. Personal in the sense that I saw closely Afghanistan from 29 June 2004 till todate permanently being based in Kabul as a consultant. During this period I met many Americans as well as Europeans and closely saw US Army Operations in Kandahar and Helmand where many of my projects were located. Being a student of history I first studied US Army in detail from 1983 .During this study "Crisis in Command" a book by two US Army officers remained the bible of my analysis. Accounts of civilians like Carlotta Gall were useful but devoid of true understanding of the nature of the US Army. What I saw of the US Army in Afghanistan once again proved the solid worth of analysis carried out by Richard A .Gabriel and Paul L.Savage initially published in 1978. The higher cadre in the US Army as proven in Afghanistan remains plagued by careeristic opportunism and continue to regard the rank and file useful cannon fodder for their personal advancement. As a second generation Pakistan Army officer I closely saw Pakistan Army from the earliest age till March 1994 when I retired as a major. Countless conversations with my relative and friend Colonel Salman who trained all the major so called Jihadis from Hekmatyar and Massoud till Osama Bin Laden made me understand the ISI mindset. My dear coursemate and friend Major General Asif Khattak was another great aide in understanding the ISI mindset. Countless other ISI officers that I met enabled me to understand, how they think and how the ISI operates. This account is a summary of those observations grounded in the initial period 1947-79 and reinforced by direct observations from 1979 till todate. Since I have no faith in nationalism or narrow religion of any kind there is no ideological axe to grind in this short work. It is hoped that this work will act as a primer of more detailed studies. |
