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Afghanistan is a long way from both Canada and Australia, but from 2001, fate conspired to bring the three countries together. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Australia and Canada joined the U.S. and other Western allies in attacking al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan.
Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 4, 2001, but this was only the beginning of a much longer engagement in Afghanistan for both Canada and Australia, with a legacy much more ambiguous than the initial campaign had promised.
Australia and Canada in Afghanistan: Perspectives on a Mission offers twelve essays from distinguished experts and decision-makers involved in the war. Wide-ranging in scope, their work offers fresh analyses of the Afghan War and on Australia’s and Canada’s contributions to it.
Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 4, 2001, but this was only the beginning of a much longer engagement in Afghanistan for both Canada and Australia, with a legacy much more ambiguous than the initial campaign had promised.
Australia and Canada in Afghanistan: Perspectives on a Mission offers twelve essays from distinguished experts and decision-makers involved in the war. Wide-ranging in scope, their work offers fresh analyses of the Afghan War and on Australia’s and Canada’s contributions to it.
Price: $28.99
Pages: 272
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Series: Contemporary Canadian Issues
Publication Date:
26 May 2015
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781459731257
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Jack Cunninghamis the program coordinator of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the University of Toronto. He lives in Toronto.
William Maley is Professor of Diplomacy at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University. He is an expert in Afghan politics, refugee issues, and modern diplomacy. He is a member of the Order of Australia and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He lives in Canberra, Australia.
William Maley is Professor of Diplomacy at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University. He is an expert in Afghan politics, refugee issues, and modern diplomacy. He is a member of the Order of Australia and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He lives in Canberra, Australia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction: Afghanistan and its Challenges
William Maley and Jack Cunningham
2. Australian Approaches to Afghanistan
William Maley
3. Afghanistan — Some Lessons Learned: A Personal Political Perspective
Bill Graham
4. Afghanistan — Some Lessons Learned: A Personal Academic Perspective
Adam Chapnick
5. Afghanistan Post-2014: Pakistani Perspectives
Samina Yasmeen
6. The Economic Cost to Australia of the War in Afghanistan
Peter Hall
7. The Cost of the War In Afghanistan: A Billion Dollars a Year and Counting
J. Craig Stone
8. Australian Civil-Military Lessons from Afghanistan
Michael G. Smith
9. Development: Lessons Learned from a Decade in Afghanistan
Nipa Banerjee
10. Shadows of the Past: Commemorating the Fallen in Australia and Canada
Kim Richard Nossal
11. With the Benefit of Hindsight: Chronicling Afghanistan Errors
Ramesh Thakur
12. The Legacy of Canada’s Afghanistan Mission
Roland Paris
Contributors
Index