Unwinnable

By: Theo Farrell

ISBN-13: 9781847923462
ISBN-10: 1847923461
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published date: 2017
British and US forces could have successfully withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2002, having done the job they set out to do: to defeat al-Qaeda and stop it from launching further terrorist attacks against the West.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. This book 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