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245 04 $aThe war in Afghanistan /$cLauri S. Scherer, book editor.
260 $aDetroit :$bGreenhaven Press,$c℗♭2012.
300 $a113 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aWriting the critical essay
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: America's Longest War -- section 1. Opposing Viewpoints on the War in Afghanistan Viewpoint 1: The War in Afghanistan Is Winnable / Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan -- Viewpoint 2: The War in Afghanistan Is Unwinnable / Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain -- Viewpoint 3: The U.S. Should Commit to Afghanistan for Several Decades / Michael Yon -- Viewpoint 4: The U.S. Should Get Out of Afghanistan Immediately / James P. McGovern and Walter B. Jones -- Viewpoint 5: Osama bin Laden's Death Should Cause the U.S. to Withdraw from Afghanistan / Barbara Boxer -- Viewpoint 6: Osama bin Laden's Death Should Not Cause the U.S. to Withdraw from Afghanistan / Peter Cannon -- section 2. Model Essays and Writing Exercises -- Preface A: The Five-Paragraph Essay -- Preface B: The Descriptive Essay -- Essay One: The War in Afghanistan Improved Women's Lives -- Exercise 1A: Create an Outline from an Existing Essay -- Exercise 1B: Create an Outline for Your Own Essay -- Essay Two: The War in Afghanistan Has Worsened the Drug Trade -- Exercise 2A: Create an Outline from an Existing Essay -- Exercise 2B: Examining Introductions and Conclusions -- Exercise 2C: Using Quotations to Enliven Your Essay -- Essay Three: The War in Afghanistan Through a Soldier's Eyes -- Exercise 3A: Conduct an Interview -- Exercise 3B: Report on an Event -- Final Writing Challenge: Write Your Own Descriptive Five-Paragraph Essay -- section 3. Supporting Research Material -- Appendix A: Facts Timeline of the War in Afghanistan -- Appendix B: Finding and Using Sources of Information -- Appendix C: Using MLA to Create a Works Cited List -- Appendix D: Sample Essay Topics -- Organizations to Contact.
520 $aA collection of critical essays that debates the issue of the war in Afghanistan that includes model essays and writing exercises designed to help students research, outline, draft, edit, and write essays.
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-
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