{"id":176179,"date":"2022-08-02T15:32:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/?post_type=livre&p=176179"},"modified":"2022-08-02T16:37:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T14:37:27","slug":"august-in-kabul","status":"publish","type":"livre","link":"https:\/\/agencevu.com\/en\/book\/august-in-kabul\/","title":{"rendered":"August in Kabul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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August in Kabul
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As night fell on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. After a 20-year conflict with the United States, its Western allies and a proxy Afghan government, the Islamic militant group once aligned with al Qaeda was about to bury yet another foreign foe in the graveyard of empires. And for America, the superpower, this was yet another foreign disaster. As cities and towns fell to the Taliban in rapid succession, Western troops and embassy staff scrambled to flee a country of which they had lost control. To the world, Kabul in August looked like Saigon in 1975 August in Kabul<\/i> is the story of how America’s longest mission came to an abrupt and humiliating end, told through the eyes of Afghans whose lives have been turned upside down: a young woman who harbours dreams of a university education; a presidential staffer who works desperately to hold\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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Publisher:<\/strong> Melbourne University Press
\nRelease Date:<\/strong> 08\/2022
\n ISBN:<\/strong> 9780522878769
\nSize:<\/strong> 23,4 x 15,3 cm
\n Language:<\/strong> English
\n256 pages<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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