“Directorate S” looks at American efforts in the wake of the September 11th attacks to vanquish al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and the murky role of Pakistan’s intelligence services
Penguin Press; 784 pages; $35
A former British Army officer combines his military experience with reams of interviews to produce a modern history of Helmand province, in southern Afghanistan. Outsiders have failed to grasp the “highly local, personal and non-ideological nature of internal conflict” in the region, Mr Martin argues, and it has often undermined the West’s peacekeeping and nation-building aims.Counterpoint; 437 pages; $26. Portobello; £25by Mr Steele, a British journalist.
Mr Morgan argues that American military activity in the Pech valley, in eastern Afghanistan, is a fitting microcosm for the campaign in Afghanistan as a whole. The book chronicles the difficult terrain, the parade of different units, the lack of accountability among top brass and the Americans’ failure to learn from tactical missteps.By Anand Gopal.
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