{"title":"Plans Hit Reality","authors":"Christopher D. Kolenda","doi":"10.5810/kentucky/9780813152769.003.0006","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter discusses Afghanistan’s recent complex history, which is characterized by fragile state structures and continuous internal and external power struggles. It shows that in presuming decisive victory, the Bush administration underestimated the post-Taliban regime challenges as internal and external rivalries unfolded in predictable ways.","PeriodicalId":235305,"journal":{"name":"Zero-Sum Victory","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zero-Sum Victory","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813152769.003.0006","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter discusses Afghanistan’s recent complex history, which is characterized by fragile state structures and continuous internal and external power struggles. It shows that in presuming decisive victory, the Bush administration underestimated the post-Taliban regime challenges as internal and external rivalries unfolded in predictable ways.