The Good War tackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense...

"...The Good War tackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense.... The Good War tackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense organization into a pro-active risk manager with the ethic of liberalism. It raises questions, such as why an alliance built upon the territorial defense of Europe ended up in Afghanistan..."

NATO has many European and global partner countries. The political and military utility of all these partnerships is clear; they "provide' more security than...

"...NATO has many European and global partner countries. The political and military utility of all these partnerships is clear; they "provide' more security than.... NATO has many European and global partner countries. The political and military utility of all these partnerships is clear; they "provide' more security than they 'consume." But the utility for NATO of partners also changes over time. This book scrutinizes these partnerships, both from a NATO perspective and from that of its partners....."

Afghanistan has been a strategic prize for foreign empires for more than 200 years. The British, Russians, and Americans have all fought across its beautiful...

Despite fifteen years of concerted effort to remake NATO, the much heralded alliance is in decline. The states that established NATO in 1949 confronted a...

This book explores how the bureaucratic ruling elites in the state apparatus, lacking public support, relied on imperial powers for economic, military, and...

Following the disintegration of the Soviet bloc, many Central and Eastern European Countries launched a vigorous “return to Europe” campaign, which primarily...

Drawing on fieldwork in the Herat area, Afghanistan, this book addresses migration patterns throughout three decades of war. It launches a framework for...

"...Drawing on fieldwork in the Herat area, Afghanistan, this book addresses migration patterns throughout three decades of war. It launches a framework for.... Drawing on fieldwork in the Herat area, Afghanistan, this book addresses migration patterns throughout three decades of war. It launches a framework for understanding the role of social networks for peoples responses to war and disaster as well as mobilizing or maintaining material resources for security and gathering information.. ..."

William Maley provides an authoritative account of the waves of conflict which, for nearly a quarter of a century, devastated much of the country. This new...

"...William Maley provides an authoritative account of the waves of conflict which, for nearly a quarter of a century, devastated much of the country. This new.... William Maley provides an authoritative account of the waves of conflict which, for nearly a quarter of a century, devastated much of the country. This new edition has been updated throughout in the light of the latest research and features a new final chapter which examines post-Taliban Afghanistan, bringing the story up to the present ..."

Recent controversies in NATO have caused observers to question the Alliance’s raison d’être. They generally contend that NATO’s crisis has gone from bad to...

Afghanistan’s history is a sad one: Soviet invasion in 1979; Pakistan-backed internal conflict in the 1980s; the Taliban regime and then the US invasion after...

General Wesley K. Clark reflects on his past and delivers his vision for America's future

"...General Wesley K. Clark reflects on his past and delivers his vision for America's future. Four-star General Wesley K. Clark became a major figure on the political scene when he was drafted by popular demand to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2003. But this was just one of many exceptional accomplishments of a long and extraordinary career. Here, for the first time, General Clark uses his unique life experience—from his difficult youth in segregated Arkan..."

Widely portrayed as the "success of the war on terror," Afghanistan is now in crisis. Increasingly detached from the people it is meant to serve, and unable to...

As the battle for Afghanistan intensifies, with humanitarian workers increasingly finding themselves on the frontline, aid expert Peter Marsden draws on...