The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan has now been singled out as Obama's 'œjust war,'� the destination for an additional thirty thousand US troops in an effort to shore up an increasingly desperate occupation. Nick Turse brings together a range of leading commentators, politicians, and military strategists to analyze America's real motives and likely prospects. Through on-the-spot reporting, clear-headed analysis and historical comparisons with Afghanistan's previous occupiers'”Britain and the Soviet Union, who also argued that they were fighting a just and winnable war'” The Case for Withdrawal From Afghanistan carefully examines the current US strategy and offers sobering conclusions. This timely and focused collection aims at the heart of Obama's foreign policy and shows why it is so unlikely to succeed.

Nick Turse is an award-winning journalist, historian, essayist, and the associate editor of the Nation Institute's TomDispatch.com. He is the author of The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives and has written for the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Nation, Le Monde Diplomatique, In These Times and the Village Voice.