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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Main Author: Ledwidge, Frank
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
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