MARC details
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02314cam a2200289Ii 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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u80400 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20220223134139.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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ta |
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171010s2017 enkb b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1847923461 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781847923462 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
YDX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
YDX |
| Modifying agency |
CDX |
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OCLCF |
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UK-LoPHL |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
958.1047 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Farrell, Theo, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1967- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
110493 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Unwinnable : |
| Remainder of title |
Britain's war in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Theo Farrell. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
The Bodley Head, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xix, 555 pages : |
| Other physical details |
maps |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
cartographic image |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
It could have been a very different story. British and US forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having done the job they set out to do: to defeat al-Qaeda and stop it from launching further terrorist attacks against the West. Instead, British troops became part of a larger international effort to stabilise the country. Yet over the following thirteen years the British military paid a heavy price for their presence in Helmand province; and when Western troops departed from Afghanistan in 2014, they had failed to stop a Taliban resurgence. In this study, Theo Farrell explains the origins and causes of the war, providing fascinating insight into the British government's reaction to 9/11 and the steps that led the British Army to Helmand. He details the specific campaigns and missions over the subsequent years, revealing how the military's efforts to create a strategy for success were continually undermined by political realities in Kabul and back home. And he demonstrates conclusively that the West's failure to understand the dynamics of local conflict in the country, and to tackle Afghan government corruption, meant that the war was unwinnable. The author draws on unprecedented access to military reports and government documents, as well as hundreds of interviews with Western commanders, senior figures in the Taliban, Afghan civilians and British politicians. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| General subdivision |
Participation, British |
| 9 (RLIN) |
54239 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| General subdivision |
Causes |
| 9 (RLIN) |
60771 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
| General subdivision |
Campaigns |
| 9 (RLIN) |
60772 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Suppress in OPAC |
Do not suppress in OPAC |