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  • Sifting the Ashes: Retaining the Hard-Won Lessons of Britain’s Afghan War

    Sifting the Ashes by Watling, Jack;

    Retaining the Hard-Won Lessons of Britain’s Afghan War

    Series: Whitehall Papers;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 1
    • Publisher Routledge
    • Date of Publication 18 January 2025

    • ISBN 9781041033363
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages114 pages
    • Size 234x156 mm
    • Weight 229 g
    • Language English
    • 621

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    Short description:

    The British military spent 20 years, between 7 October 2001 and 28 August 2021, fighting in Afghanistan. Considering the UK’s achievements against its objectives, defeat seems the most accurate description of the engagement’s outcome.

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    Long description:

    The British military spent 20 years fighting in Afghanistan. Considering the UK’s achievements against its objectives, defeat seems the most accurate description of the campaign’s outcome. How institutions respond to and learn from failure is a good measure of their effectiveness. But Britain's war in Afganistan also saw considerable tactical and operational learning to solve complex problems. Not only are some of the solutions valuable, but the processes by which they were derived bear study. The question is whether these lessons will be retained. This Whitehall Paper delves into some of the many valuable and hard-won lessons that can be derived from a study of British operations in Afganistan, beginning a conversation as to their relevance for future British miliatry undertakings.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction I. Leveraging Intelligence Assessment to Inform Strategy II. Civil-Military Cooperation: Lessons Repeated Until Learned III. Sustaining Dispersed Forces IV. Overcoming the IED Threat in Afghanistan V. Afghanistan as the Laboratory for Multi-Domain Integration VI. Kicking the Close Air Support Addiction Conclusions

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