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• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• I. Moscow, Washington, Lahore: 1979–2000
• 1. Soviet Troops Out of Afghanistan!
• 2. Between the Hammer and the Anvil
• 3. The Arrival of the Taliban
• 4. ‘Try and Disarm Us If You Can’
• II. Operation Enduring Disaster: 2001–08
• 5. Into Pakistan’s Maelstrom
• 6. The King of Greater Afghanistan
• 7. The Dam Will Burst Sooner or Later
• 8. So, Was It Worth It?
• 9. The Terror Trail
• 10. A Doomed Mission
• 11. A Favourite Attack Dog in the Imperial Kennel
• 12. Mirage of the Good War
• 13. Why a ‘Surge’ Would Bring Fresh Disasters
• III. Af-Pak Is Burning: 2008–11
• 14. Next Door to War
• 15. The American War Moves to Pakistan
• 16. On the North-West Frontier
• 17. Imperial Diktats
• 18. A War Gone Badly Wrong
• 19. It’s No Secret What Pakistan’s Been Doing with the Taliban
• 20. ‘Why Kill the Goose?’
• 21. The Abbottabad Incident
• 22. More Cover-Up than Self-Criticism
• 23. ‘Breaches of Sovereignty’
• IV. Impending Defeat: 2012–21
• 24. Obama’s Only Way out of Afghanistan Is to Talk
• 25. The Not-So-Lone Gunman
• 26. Pakistan’s Future Is Tied to the Taliban
• 27. Twenty Years after 9/11
• Appendix: Russian Lessons
• Acknowledgements
• Notes