An Unwinnable War by Karen Middleton - ISBN: 9780522857665
Paperback
This book charts for the first time the decisions, motives and influences that carried Australia into Afghanistan. Based on interviews with dozens of key political and military figures in Australia and abroad, the book looks at the role of domestic politics and the decision to also wage war in Iraq.

An Unwinnable War

Australia in Afghanistan

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2011

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Summary

An Unwinnable War charts the motives, ambitions and negotiations that carried Australia into Afghanistan.A decade on from the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Australians are embroiled in one of the nation’s longest military conflict-the war in Afghanistan.An Unwinnable War charts the motives, ambitions and negotiations that carried Australia into Afghanistan- from the then Prime Minister John Howard’s presence in Washington DC on September 11, 2001 to the ‘transition’ plan to han…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522857665
ISBN-10:0522857663
Author:Karen Middleton
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:1 September 2011
Weight:532g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm x 31mm
About The Author

Karen Middleton

Karen Middleton is a political journalist with more than two decades’ experience reporting on national and international affairs in print and broadcast media. A former president of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery and a Churchill fellow, she is chief political correspondent with SBS Television, a long-time newspaper columnist and radio commentator and a panellist on the ABC’s lnsiders program. Karen was in Washington DC on September 11, 2001, and reported from Afghanistan in 2007 and 2011

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