Afghanistan War
The Afghanistan War began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks, when U.S. and coalition forces invaded Afghanistan to dismantle al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban regime that harbored them. What followed became America’s longest war, lasting nearly 20 years until the final withdrawal of U.S. forces in August 2021.
These books examine the Afghanistan War from multiple perspectives – from the initial invasion and early successes, to the challenges of counterinsurgency, nation-building, and the ultimate collapse of the Afghan government. Essential reading for understanding modern warfare, military strategy, and the complexities of asymmetric conflict.
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From frozen mountaintops to dusty city streets and everything in between, Run to the Sound of the Guns is a compelling and deeply personal account of a husband and father who nearly lost his life ‘leading the way’ in America’s secretive global wars. Nicholas Moore […]
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Enduring Freedom, Enduring Voices places the first-hand accounts of serving men and women into the context of the military operations. Drawing on gripping oral histories, from theater commanders, Special Forces troops, reconstruction teams, and everyday soldiers, Michael G. Walling analyzes operations as they were experienced […]
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As a US Marine, Lucas A. Dyer engaged in combat with the Taliban in Afghanistan?s heroin capital of Helmand. He fought in the Battle of Khanjar while participating in Operation Enduring Freedom from May 2009 to December 2009. He was one of the four thousand […]
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From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought […]
