Publisher's Synopsis
In Operation Enduring Freedom, May 2005-January 2009, authors Brian F. Neumann and Colin J. Williams show how the United States Army balanced its ongoing commitment to combating terrorist and insurgent activity in post-Taliban Afghanistan with the expanding American war in Iraq. They tell how the Bush administration relegated Afghanistan to an economy-of-force effort and sought to transition responsibility for supporting the fledgling Afghan government to an international coalition. They also describe how a growing insurgency against coalition forces and the Afghan government threatened to derail these efforts. It resulted in a three-year period defined by minimizing American commitment and achieving unity of effort among the coalition partners.
