Losing Afghanistan: The Fall of Kabul and the End of Western Intervention

About the Author

Dr Brian Brivati was professor of contemporaryhistory, human rights and life writing at Kingston University until 2009, whenhe left to become director of the John Smith Memorial Trust and implementcapacity building programmes for the UN and for the UK government globally. Hecombines projects in international development with writing. His most recentbook was Icarus: The Life and Death of the Abraaj Group and his previouspublications include biographies of Hugh Gaitskell and Lord Goodman. He haswritten extensively on international politics, conflict and post-conflictrecovery. He blogs at the Charlwood Review: charlwood-review.com.