Cables from Kabul : (Record no. 67747)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number (pbk)9780007432011
International Standard Book Number 9780007432028 (TPB)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 327.410581
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 327.410581
Item number COW-C
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cowper-Coles, Sherard,
Dates associated with a name 1955-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Cables from Kabul :
Medium [Book] :
Remainder of title the inside story of the West's Afghanistan campaign /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Sherard Cowper-Coles.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. HarperPress,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxiv, 312 p. :
Other physical details ill. (chiefly col.), maps ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A frank and honest memoir by Britain's former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan. For three years, from 2007 until 2010, Sherard Cowper-Coles was on the diplomatic frontline in Kabul as the West's mission in Afghanistan sank deeper into crisis. First as British Ambassador and, later, as the Foreign Secretary's Special Representative, he witnessed at first hand a struggle that by the time he left was swallowing billions of pounds of taxpayers' money a year, and had already cost the lives of more than 2,000 coalition troops, including nearly 350 British soldiers, as well as tens of thousands of Afghans, in and out of uniform. In Cables from Kabul he offers a ringside seat in this unfolding drama in a high-octane narrative that transports the reader from the backstreets of Kabul and fly-blown villages of the Helmand Valley to the corridors of power in London and Washington. Packed with colourful portraits of major political and diplomatic players such as President Karzai and the US Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, the book gives a rich flavour of embassy life in one of the most dangerous places on earth. With his unique, high-level insight into the West's policy in Afghanistan, Cowper-Coles raises fundamental questions about the viability of the whole Afghanistan project, even after the death of bin Laden. While paying fulsome tribute to the bravery of our soldiers and the tactical success they are undoubtedly achieving at a local level, he asks whether this will be enough to secure within three years the wider strategic goal of stabilising Afghanistan to the point where the Afghan authorities can govern the country without outside intervention. As Our Man in Kabul, nobody is better placed to tell this story. Powerful, witty and astonishingly frank, Cables from Kabul explains how we got into the quagmire of Afghanistan, and how we can get out of it.
521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE
Target audience note All.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Afghan War, 2001-.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Diplomatic and consular service, British
Geographic subdivision Afghanistan.
852 ## - LOCATION
Piece designation 51720
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Classification part 327.410581 COW-C
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Sublocation or collection 2nd Floor
Former shelving location Books
Copy number 1
Piece physical condition 2-Good
Location JZL-CUI
Holdings
Date last seen Total checkouts Full call number Shelving location Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Home library Barcode Current library Date acquired
09/12/2023   327.410581 COW-C 2nd Floor 09/12/2023 Books         Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 51720 Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 09/12/2023