The valley's edge : a year with the Pashtuns in the heartland of the Taliban / Daniel R. Green ; foreword by Ronald E. Neumann ; afterword by H.R. McMaster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Daniel R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, American.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Political stability.

Counterinsurgency.

Postwar reconstruction.

Afghanistan--Uruzgān.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns--Afghanistan--Uruzgān.

Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan--Uruzgān.

Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan--Uruzgān.

Political stability--Afghanistan--Uruzgān.

Taliban.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xxv, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2012]

Summary:

The first memoir by a member of a U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan; Balances the failures of U.S. military strategy with the successesand the inevitable setbacksthat the team experienced; Provides a unique, personal perspective on the lives of the Afghan people

Contents:

1 Welcome to the U.S. Government 1

2 Afghanistan 11

3 Uruzgan: The Heart of Asia 21

4 A Provincial Affair (Tarin Kowt - Spring 2005) 39

5 A Visit to the Green Zone (Chora - Spring 2005) 67

6 The New Regime (Tarin Kowt - Summer 2005) 79

7 Journey to Chenartu (Chora - Summer 2005) 89

8 The Thin Black Line (Tarin Kowt - Summer 2005) 95

9 Bringing Democracy to the Pashtuns (Tarin Kowt - Fall 2005) 115

10 Uruzgan's Bloody Past (Tarin Kowt - Fall 2005) 127

11 The War Returns (Tarin Kowt - Summer 2006) 147

12 The Good Samaritan (Chora - Summer 2006) 165

13 The Dutch Take Over (Tarin Kowt - Summer 2006) 177

14 Interregnum (2006-2008) 183

15 Afghanistan (2009-2011) 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index.

ISBN:

9781597976947

1597976946

OCLC:

730114602