1st Edition
The Afghan Papers Committing Britain to War in Helmand, 2005–06
By Michael Clarke
Copyright 2012
104 Pages
by
Routledge
104 Pages
by
Routledge
104 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 2006, British forces entered the Helmand Province of Afghanistan in what would become one of the defining military campaigns of the decade. At great cost in blood and treasure, the UK waged a protracted counter-insurgency against a resurgent Taliban.
But how was the decision taken to commit Britain to such a difficult and drawn out campaign? The Afghan Papers is the result of private... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Michael Clarke; Chapter 2 The Helmand Decision, Michael Clarke; Chapter 3 Flawed ‘Comprehensiveness’, Valentina Soria; Chapter 4 Canada in Regional Command South, Matthew Willis; Chapter 5 UK National Strategy and Helmand, Robert Fry, Desmond Bowen; Chapter 6 Afghanistan and the Context of Iraq, Nick Beadle; Chapter 7 Conclusion, Michael Clarke;
Biography
Michael Clarke is currently the Director of the Royal United Services Institute. Until July 2007 he was the Deputy Vice-Principal and Director of Research Development at King's College London, where he remains a Visiting Professor of Defence Studies. He was the founding Director of the International Policy Institute at King's College London from 2001-2005 and Head of the School of Social Science and Public Policy at KCL in 2004-05. He was, from 1990 to 2001, the founding Director of the Centre for Defence Studies at King's. He was appointed as Professor of Defence Studies in 1995.
