Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Rynning, Sten (1967-....). Auteur du texte  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : NATO in Afghanistan [Texte imprimé] : the liberal disconnect / Sten Rynning

Publication : Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press,, [2012]

Description matérielle : x, 274 pages ; 24 cm

Comprend : The nature of the Atlantic beast ; A benevolent alliance ; NATO and Afghanistan ; Original sins : a benevolent alliance goes to war, 2001-2005 ; Crisis and comeback : confronting the insurgency, 2006-2008 ; The reckoning : searching for a strategic purpose, 2008-2012.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-262) and index
"The war in Afghanistan has run for more than a decade, and NATO has become increasingly central to it. In this book, Sten Rynning examines NATO's role in the campaign and the difficult diplomacy involved in fighting a war by alliance. He explores the history of the war and its changing momentum, and explains how NATO at first faltered but then improved its operations to become a critical enabler for the U.S. surge of 2009. However, he also uncovers a serious and enduring problem for NATO in the shape of a disconnect between high liberal hopes for the new Afghanistan and a lack of realism about the military campaign prosecuted to bring it about. He concludes that, while NATO has made it to the point in Afghanistan where the war no longer has the potential to break it, the alliance is, at the same time, losing its own struggle to define itself as a vigorous and relevant entity on the world stage. To move forward, he argues, NATO allies must recover their common purpose as a Western alliance, and he outlines options for change." -- Publisher's website

Sujet(s) : Afghanistan -- 2001-.... (Guerre d'Afghanistan)  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Nations Unies -- 2001-2025  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780804782371 (cloth) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0804782377 (cloth) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 9780804782388 (pbk.) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0804782385 (pbk.) (acid-free paper)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb435918033

Notice n° :  FRBNF43591803 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)