A frank & honest memoir by Britains former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan. The Wests mission in Afghanistan has never been far from the headlines. For Sherard Cowper-Coles our former Ambassador Britains role in the conflict
- the vast amount of money being spent & the huge number of lives being lost
- was an everyday reality. In Cables from Kabul Cowper-Coles takes the reader on a journey through the backstreets of Afghanistans capital to the corridors of power in London & Washington. He pays tribute to the tactical successes of our soldiers but asks whether these will be enough to secure stability. Nobody is better placed to tell this story of embassy life in one of the most dangerous places on earth. Powerful & astonishingly frank Cables from Kabul explains how we got into the quagmire of Afghanistan & how we can get out of it.