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UNWINNABLE WARS - ADAM WUNISCHE KARTONIERT (TB)

In nine short days  Taliban forces destroyed two decades of American armed statebuilding in
Afghanistan. This was no isolated failure. Over the last century  almost every attempt to
intervene militarily to prop up or reconstruct an allied state has seen similar dismal outcomes
- why? In this new book  Adam Wunische offers answers to this fundamental question. Exploring
the factors that worked against success in America's doomed armed statebuilding mission in
Afghanistan  he identifies forces common to other unsuccessful U.S. missions  from Vietnam to
Colombia  Haiti to Iraq. These forces  he argues  inherently favor insurgencies  forfeit
sustainability for quick results  and create dependencies and corruption - all of which
undermine the goal of building a state that can stand on its own. Not only that  but most of
these forces are pervasive and uncontrollable: meaning any future attempts at armed
statebuilding will likely also be unwinnable  with costs and consequences far outpacing
interests and benefits. Faced with a future likely dominated by proxy wars  Wunische offers a
novel way forward to prevent the U.S. from chasing new wars that it is destined to lose.

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