GREENTREE Todd <br/><br/>
What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?/ 
Todd Greentree 
 -  2021-22 
<br/><br/> Critics of the Afghan war have claimed it was always unwinnable. This article argues the war was unwinnable the way it was fought and posits an alternative based on the Afghan way of war and the US approach to counterinsurgency in El Salvador during the final decade of the Cold War. Respecting the political and military dictates of strategy could have made America's longest foreign war unnecessary and is a warning for the wars we will fight in the future. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>AFGHANISTAN--US MILITARY--COLD WAR--DEFENSE AND SECURITY STUDIES COMMONS--INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION  COMMONS--MILITARY AND VETERANS STUDIES COMMONS--MILITARY HISTORY COMMONS--MILITARY WAR AND PEACE  COMMONS--NATIONAL SECURITY LAW COMMONS--PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMONS--THE TERRORISM STUDIES  COMMONS