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    STUDIA EUROPAEA - Issue no. 2 / 2021  
         
  Article:   BITTER HARVEST: A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN FROM THE GREAT GAME TO THE 2021 US WITHDRAWAL.

Authors:  RALUCA MOLDOVAN.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbeuropaea.2021.2.11

Published Online: 2021-12-30
Published Print: 2021-12-30
pp. 279-332

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The present article is built on the premise that both the British Empire in the 19th century (during its rivalry with Russia, known as the Great Game) and the United States in the 20th century treated Afghanistan as a means to an end in their quest to fulfil their strategic interests, without much concern for the country’s people, history and traditions, which ultimately contributed to their failure: Britain was forced to accept Afghanistan’s independence in 1919 at the end of the third Anglo-Afghan war, while the US withdrew its troops in August 2021, putting an end to what proved to be an unwinnable war. The article’s main body examines the British and American presence in Afghanistan through the lens of a historical comparison meant to highlight the similarities and differences in their approaches, while the conclusion contains a few lessons the US should learn from Afghanistan that might, ideally, inform its future interventionist strategies.

Keywords: Afghanistan, Taliban, United States, Britain, Great Game.
 
         
     
         
         
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