Investment in blood : the real cost of Britain's Afghan War /
"In this follow-up to his much-praised book Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan, Frank Ledwidge argues that Britain has paid a heavy cost - both financially and in human terms - for its involvement in the Afghanistan war. Ledwidge calculates the high price paid b...
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505 | 0 | |a Part 1: The human cost. Helmand and the 'Angrez' ; Military suffering ; Killing the wrong people. -- Part 2: The financial cost. Military costs ; Financial element of death and injury ; Developing Afghanistan. -- Part 3: And for what? And for what? -- Afghanistan ; And for what? -- security. -- Conclusion. | |
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