Aspiration and ambivalence : strategies and realities of counterinsurgency and state building in Afghanistan / Vanda Felbab-Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Felbab-Brown, Vanda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001-.

Afghanistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (640 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After more than a decade of great effort and sacrifice by America and its allies, the Taliban still has not been defeated, and many Afghans believe that a civil war is coming. Aspiration and Ambivalence analyzes the U.S. and international efforts in Afghanistan and offers detailed recommendations for dealing with the precarious situation leading up to the 2014 transition to Afghan control and beyond. Vanda Felbab-Brown argues that allied efforts in Afghanistan have put far too little emphasis on good governance, concentrating too much on short-term military goals to the detriment of

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; 1 - Bullets over Kabul's Broadway; 2 - Washington's Strategies in Afghanistan since 2001; 3 - Insurgency in the Context of Poor Governance; 4 - The Myths of (Non)Governance in Afghanistan; 5 - Power, Impunity, and Legitimacy in Eastern and Southern Afghanistan: Learning to Love Mafia Rule; 6 - International Efforts to Fight Corruption and Improve Governance; 7 - Logistics and Politics in Northern Afghanistan; 8 - The Afghan Local Police and Other Militias; 9 - Counternarcotics and Economic Development Policies

10 - Pakistan and the Region11 - Military Transition and Negotiations with the Taliban; 12 - What, If Anything, can Still be Done?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Back Page

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283741316

1283741318

9780815724421

081572442X

OCLC:

819572814