Book Review: The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan

Authors

Whitney Grespin

Files

Description

Authors: Ahmad Shuja Jamal and William Maley

Reviewed by Dr. Whitney Grespin, visiting research fellow, King's College London, UK Defence Academy; non-resident fellow, Joint Special Operations University; and Africa Regional Program Lead, DSCA/DSCU Institute for Security Governance

Foreign-policy expert Dr. Whitney Grespin reviews a “deservedly cutting reflection on mistakes made and lessons not learned during the Afghanistan War.” She notes the book’s “valuable perspective,” as one of the authors was in Kabul when it fell. Distilling the book’s contents into a detailed, useful overview, Grespin provides a helpful roadmap for readers interested in these topics and concludes the book is “[a] necessary read for practitioners engaged in security assistance.”

Publication Date

6-18-2024

Keywords

Kabul, insurgency, legitimacy, leadership, funding

Disciplines

Defense and Security Studies

Recommended Citation

Whitney Grespin, Book Review: The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan ( US Army War College Press, 2024),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/51