{"product_id":"the-case-for-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-isbn-9781844674510","title":"The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan","description":"Known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan has now been singled out as Obama’s “just war,” the destination for an additional thirty thousand US troops in an effort to shore up an increasingly desperate occupation. Nick Turse brings together a range of leading commentators, politicians, and military strategists to analyze America’s real motives and likely prospects. Through on-the-spot reporting, clear-headed analysis and historical comparisons with Afghanistan’s previous occupiers—Britain and the Soviet Union, who also argued that they were fighting a just and winnable war—\u003ci\u003eThe Case for Withdrawal From Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e carefully examines the current US strategy and offers sobering conclusions. This timely and focused collection aims at the heart of Obama’s foreign policy and shows why it is so unlikely to succeed.“A pathbreaking synthesis of American and Russian perspectives on the illusions of empire and the impossibility of ‘victory’ in Afghanistan. As the contributors so eloquently emphasize, the only realistic and humane option can be spelled in three letters: O-U-T.”—Mike Davis, author of \u003ci\u003ePlanet of Slums\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating and essential guide which puts the war in Afghanistan in the context of its recent history and dispels propaganda stereotypes about how the US, Britain and their allies became involved.”—Patrick Cockburn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Turse\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist, historian, essayist, and the associate editor of the Nation Institute’s Tomdispatch.com. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday\u003c\/i\u003e and has written for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde Diplomatique\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTariq Ali\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics—including \u003ci\u003ePirates of the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBush in Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Clash of Fundamentalisms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Obama Syndrome\u003c\/i\u003e—as well as five novels in his Islam Quintet series and scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew J. Bacevich\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of international relations and history at Boston University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Engelhardt \u003c\/b\u003ecreated and runs the website Tomdispatch.com, a project of The Nation Institute, where he is a Fellow. He is the author of a highly praised history of American triumphalism in the Cold War, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Victory Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. Each spring he is a Teaching Fellow at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChalmers Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e was President of the Japan Policy Research Institute and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. He was the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eBlowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Japan: Who Governs?\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303954043109,"sku":"NP9781844674510","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844674510.jpg?v=1767738614","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-case-for-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-isbn-9781844674510","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}