Afghanistan is a long way from both Canada and Australia, but from 2001, fate conspired to bring the three countries together. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Australia and Canada joined the U.S. and other Western allies in attacking al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan. Operation Enduring Freedom began on October 4, 2001, but this was only the beginning of a much longer engagement in Afghanistan for both Canada and Australia, with a legacy much more ambiguous than the initial campaign had promised.
Australia and Canada in Afghanistan: Perspectives on a Mission offers twelve essays from distinguished experts and decision-makers involved in the war. Wide-ranging in scope, their work offers fresh analyses of the Afghan War and on Australia's and Canada's contributions to it.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction: Afghanistan and its Challenges
William Maley and Jack Cunningham

2. Australian Approaches to Afghanistan
William Maley

3. Afghanistan - Some Lessons Learned: A Personal Political Perspective
Bill Graham

4. Afghanistan - Some Lessons Learned: A Personal Academic Perspective
Adam Chapnick

5. Afghanistan Post-2014: Pakistani Perspectives
Samina Yasmeen

6. The Economic Cost to Australia of the War in Afghanistan
Peter Hall

7. The Cost of the War In Afghanistan: A Billion Dollars a Year and Counting
J. Craig Stone

8. Australian Civil-Military Lessons from Afghanistan
Michael G. Smith

9. Development: Lessons Learned from a Decade in Afghanistan
Nipa Banerjee

10. Shadows of the Past: Commemorating the Fallen in Australia and Canada
Kim Richard Nossal

11. With the Benefit of Hindsight: Chronicling Afghanistan Errors
Ramesh Thakur

12. The Legacy of Canada's Afghanistan Mission
Roland Paris

Contributors

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