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Library Journal05/01/2014 The war in Afghanistan and the involvement of the United States in it has been the subject of numerous publications in recent years. Much of the narrative of the American government's policy in Afghanistan has been couched in the context of the "War on Terror." In this original and stimulating book, journalist and New America Foundation Fellow Gopal, who has covered the Afghan War and other international crises for the Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor, focuses on the narratives of three Afghans (a Taliban commander, a U.S.-supported warlord, and a village housewife) to describe blunders and failures of U.S. policy in the Middle East. The author clearly demonstrates that within months of the U.



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