Evaluating the Afghan War. "Strange Victory: A critical appraisal of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Afghanistan war" One of the first in-depth retrospectives on the war in Afghanistan to analyze military activity and outcomes in the context of political objectives and consequences for national and regional stability. Includes appendices addressing: the war's impact on the humanitarian crisis; the missing political framework for American action; the source of power and the strategy of the Taliban; the limits of the Bonn agreement and the challenges facing the interim government. By Carl Conetta.

By Project on Defense Alternatives, US.

Defense Policy Resource.