Cables from Kabul : the inside story of the West's Afghanistan campaign

Cowper-Coles, Sherard 1955- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780007432011
ISBN: 9780007432028 (TPB)
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 312 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: London : HarperPress, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: beginnings -- An offer I couldn't refuse -- First impressions -- Helmandshire -- A marathon rather than a sprint -- Breather break -- Part II: hope over experience -- A king's funeral -- the spreading virus -- The great game - round four -- Hooked on drugs -- Coping in Kabul -- Highland fling : Karzai in Scotland -- Mr. Brown comes to town -- Part III: against an ebbing tide -- Reversal of fortune -- We are winning - only it doesn't feel like it -- The Karzai conundrum -- Cracking on in Helmand -- Afghan attitudes -- Waiting for Obama -- Part IV: tactics without strategy : one last heave -- Biden and beyond -- Au revoir Afghanistan -- Richard Holbrooke's flying circus -- Where's dick? -- Part V: recessional -- Embassy encore -- Untying the knot -- Three lessons learned -- Back to the future.