'Operation Enduring Nightmare'? : a strategic critique of the military intervention in Afghanistan from October 2001-October 2008

In: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12033

Abstract

Includes abstract. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; In October 2011, the war in Afghanistan reached its ignominious ten year anniversary. As the conflict rolls on relentlessly, observers from across all disciplines, and indeed the general public themselves, have attempted to identify why the intervention, which began as Operation Enduring Freedom, has instead become an 'Enduring Nightmare'. This dissertation attempts to provide empirical reasoning to this question by means of a literature review of the established strategic critiques of the intervention between the years of October 2001 and October 2008.