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Toughing it out in Afghanistan / Michael O'Hanlon, Hassina Sherjan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Hanlon, Michael E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan.
- Counterinsurgency.
- Afghanistan--Strategic aspects.
- Afghanistan.
- United States--Military policy.
- United States.
- Taliban.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Is Afghanistan another Vietnam, a quagmire that the United States should escape as soon as possible? Or is it a crucial war than can and must be won? The authors acknowledge current difficulties in Afghanistan but also explicate how the war-torn country can emerge as a stable sovereign nation, free from the yoke of the Taliban and al Qaeda.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Bruce Riedel
- Introduction
- The rise, fall, and resurgence of the Taliban
- The strategy
- Responding to the critics
- Measuring progress-and figuring out an exit plan
- Improving the strategy
- Appendix : excerpts from Brookings Afghanistan Index: Tracking Variables and of Reconstruction and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612546785
- 9781282546783
- 1282546783
- 9780815704348
- 0815704348
- OCLC:
- 607552611
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