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Afghan lessons : culture, diplomacy, and counterinsurgency /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gentilini, Fernando
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Afghanistan > Description and travel.
Afghan War, 2001-
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Afghanistan.
Gentilini, Fernando > Travel > Afghanistan.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Richard Cooper
  • Preface
  • 1. How I ended up in Afghanistan, February-July 2008
  • 2. Signals, 1968, 1979, 2001, 2007
  • 3. Dubai, Terminal 2, July 13, 2008
  • 4. Kabul
  • 5. A small travel library , I
  • 6. The first steps
  • 7. "What? They've surrounded Kabul?"
  • 8. Winning
  • 9. The neo-Taliban
  • 10. A world of advice from a princess
  • 11. "The insubstantial state"
  • 12. Arg
  • 13. Civilian casualties, I
  • 14. What there was, what there should have been
  • 15. To coordinate--or to be coordinated
  • 16. A small travel library, II
  • 17. ISAF
  • 18. Khyber, 1842, 1878, 1919, 1928
  • 19. Indian holiday
  • 20. Snow
  • 21. Clear, hold, and build
  • 22. Civilian casualties, II
  • 23. Obama and Af-Pak, March 29, 2009
  • 24. Awkward neighbors
  • 25. A small travel library, III
  • 26. A dream
  • 27. Karzai
  • 28. Bird's-eye views
  • 29. Kandahar
  • 30. COIN--the counterinsurgency manual
  • 31. Civilian casualties, III
  • 32. Shia family law
  • 33. Women
  • 34. A small travel library, IV
  • 35. Death in August
  • 36. The presidential elections
  • 37. A way to reconciliation
  • 38. The future of Af-Pak
  • 39. Leaving Kabul, February 2010
  • Epilogue