MIRAGES IN THE MOUNTAINS: WHY POST 9/11 US STRATEGIES IN AFGHANISTAN ACHIEVED MORE ILLUSORY THAN REAL SUCCESS?
Before the events of 9/11 shattered the calm, terrorism in the US perception appeared to be something that happened to generic others. Scholars debating the grand strategy for US foreign policy in the 1990’s failed to recognize the threat and “shared…a lack of concern about terrorism.” (Cronin, 2004).