A HISTORICAL CASE STUDY OF U.S. STRATEGY TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN Mark A. Burrough Department of the Army, Civilian The views expressed in the document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Army War College, the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.

 

SUMMARY

This USAWC AY09 resident course Strategy Research Project (SRP) paper examines the successes and failures of U.S. strategy and policy as related to the changing global and regional context of Afghanistan from the Cold War to the end of the George W. Bush administration. Issues investigated particularly focus on the changing levels of interest in Afghanistan and the consequences of the United States government actions or inactions as associated with changing strategy and policy.

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This paper looked at U.S. national strategy and policy; to access a related SRP paper, examing in-theater issues in Afghanistan. see: Bureaucracies at War: Organizing for Strategic Success in Afghanistan

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