Sifting the ashes : retaining the hard-won lessons of Britain's Afghan War

The British military spent 20 years fighting in Afghanistan. Considering the UK's achievements against its objectives, defeat seems the most accurate description of the campaign's outcome. How institutions respond to and learn from failure is a good measure of their effectiveness. But Brit...

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Main Author Watling, Jack (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon : Routledge, 2024.
EditionFirst edition.
SeriesWhitehall paper series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781003623366
1003623360
9781040379752
1040379753
9781040379769
1040379761
9781041033363
Physical Description1 online resource (114 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction I. Leveraging Intelligence Assessment to Inform Strategy II. Civil-Military Cooperation: Lessons Repeated Until Learned III. Sustaining Dispersed Forces IV. Overcoming the IED Threat in Afghanistan V. Afghanistan as the Laboratory for Multi-Domain Integration VI. Kicking the Close Air Support Addiction Conclusions