The Afghan Papers: Committing Britain to War in Helmand, 2005-06 (Whitehall Papers #77)

The Afghan Papers: Committing Britain to War in Helmand, 2005-06 (Whitehall Papers #77)

Michael Clarke
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Publication Date: January 27th, 2017
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN:
9781138161641
Pages:
104
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Description

In 2006, British forces entered the Helmand Province of Afghanistan in what would become one of the defining military campaigns of the decade. At great cost in blood and treasure, the UK waged a protracted counter-insurgency against a resurgent Taliban.

About the Author

Michael Clarke is currently the Director of the Royal United Services Institute. Until July 2007 he was the Deputy Vice-Principal and Director of Research Development at King's College London, where he remains a Visiting Professor of Defence Studies. He was the founding Director of the International Policy Institute at King's College London from 2001-2005 and Head of the School of Social Science and Public Policy at KCL in 2004-05. He was, from 1990 to 2001, the founding Director of the Centre for Defence Studies at King's. He was appointed as Professor of Defence Studies in 1995.

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