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Investment in Blood: The True Cost of Britain's Afghan War by Frank Ledwidge (Hardcover, 2013)
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In this hard-hitting expose, based on interviews, rigorous on-the-ground research, and official information obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Ledwidge demonstrates the folly of Britains extended participation in an unwinnable war.
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In this follow-up to his much-praised book Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan, Frank Ledwidge argues that Britain has paid a heavy cost ? both financially and in human terms ? for its involvement in the Afghanistan war. Ledwidge calculates the high price paid by British soldiers and their families, taxpayers in the United Kingdom, and, most importantly, Afghan citizens, highlighting the thousands of deaths and injuries, the enormous amount of money spent bolstering a corrupt Afghan government, and the long-term damage done to the British military's international reputation. ? In this hard-hitting expose, based on interviews, rigorous on-the-ground research, and official information obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Ledwidge demonstrates the folly of Britain's extended participation in an unwinnable war. Arguing that the only true beneficiaries of the conflict are development consultants, international arms dealers, and Afghan drug kingpins, he provides a powerful, eye-opening, and often heartbreaking account of military adventurism gone horribly wrong.Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-139780300190625
eBay Product ID (ePID)152555024
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
Publication NameInvestment in Blood: the True Cost of Britain's Afghan War
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorFrank Ledwidge
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height239 mm
Item Weight638 g
Item Width164 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorFrank Ledwidge
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