Investment in blood : the real cost of Britain's Afghan War /

"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 b...

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Main Author: Ledwidge, Frank
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: The human cost. Helmand and the 'Angrez' ; Military suffering ; Killing the wrong people.
  • Part 2: The financial cost. Military costs ; Financial element of death and injury ; Developing Afghanistan.
  • Part 3: And for what? And for what?
  • Afghanistan ; And for what?
  • security.
  • Conclusion.