LEADER 00000cam a2201057 i 4500 
001    17181469 
003    SE-LIBR 
003    LIBRIS 
003    LT 
008    141124s2014    nyub          001 0 eng   
010    2014001384 
020    9780805091793 
041 0  eng 
082 00 958.104/7|223 
084    Koal.6|2kssb/8  
092 0  958.1|bengelska 
100 1  Gopal, Anand,|d1980- 
245 10 No good men among the living :|bAmerica, the Taliban, and 
       the war through Afghan eyes /|cAnand Gopal 
250    First Edition 
264  1 New York :|bMetropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company,
       |c2014 
300    304 pages :|bmap ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    "As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, the shocking tale of 
       how the American military had triumph in sight in 
       Afghanistan--and then brought the Taliban back from the 
       dead. In the popular imagination, Afghanistan is often 
       regarded as the site of intractable conflict, the American
       war against the Taliban a perpetually hopeless quagmire. 
       But as Anand Gopal demonstrates in this stunning chronicle,
       top Taliban leaders were in fact ready to surrender within
       months of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, renouncing all
       political activity and submitting to the new government. 
       Effectively, the Taliban ceased to exist--yet the American
       forces were not ready to accept such a turnaround. Driven 
       by false intelligence from corrupt warlords and by a 
       misguided conviction that Taliban members could never 
       change sides, the U.S. instead continued to press the 
       conflict, resurrecting the insurgency that persists to 
       this day. Gopal's dramatic narrative, full of vivid 
       personal detail, follows three Afghans through years of 
       U.S. missteps: a Taliban commander, a U.S.-backed warlord,
       and a housewife trapped in the middle of the fighting. 
       With its intimate accounts of life in small Afghan 
       villages, and harrowing tales of crimes committed by 
       Taliban leaders and American-supported provincial 
       officials alike, No Good Men Among the Living lays bare 
       the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind
       its prolonged agony. A thoroughly original expose; of the 
       conflict that is still being fought, it shows just how the
       American intervention went so desperately wrong"--
       |cProvided by publisher 
650  0 Afghan War, 2001- 
650  0 Counterinsurgency|zAfghanistan 
650  0 Peace-building 
650  0 Internal security 
650  0 Taliban 
650  7 Kriget i Afghanistan 2001-|2sao 
650  7 Upprorsbekämpning|2sao 
650  7 Talibaner|2sao 
650  7 Fredsbyggande|2sao 
650  7 Inre säkerhet|2sao 
650  7 Försvarspolitik|2sao 
651  0 United States|xMilitary policy 
651  4 Afghanistan 
651  4 Förenta staterna 
653    USA 
655  7 Personliga berättelser|2saogf 
907 00 150223