- Book Review: ‘The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan’ by David Kilcullen and Greg Mills
Article
CID:
- 180984
Authors:
- Bridge, Chloe
Publication Date:
- 01 March 2023
Journal Title:
- Air and Space Power Review
Volume Number:
- 25
Issue number:
- 1
Page Numbers:
- Pages 244 - 246
Language:
- English
Abstract:
- Operation Pitting was a success story for the RAF with nineteen aircraft evacuating 15,000 eligible people from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul in August 2021. Unfortunately, tactical military successes sometimes do not translate into strategic victory, which is one of the core themes of Kilcullen and Mills’ book titled, The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan. Based on years of experience advising senior leaders and academic research, the authors provide a detailed analysis of what went wrong during the twenty-year Western intervention. This book is logical, balanced and, although frustrating at times, will appeal to all readers of geopolitical studies and especially for the thousands who served in Afghanistan.
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