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Funding the enemy : how US taxpayers bankroll the Taliban / Douglas A. Wissing.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2012. Description: 396 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781616146030
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS371.4. W57 2012
Contents:
Contents: List of abbreviations—Chronology : timeline of key events in Afghanistan War—Prologue : outsourcing and incoming, 2001—Introduction—Chapter 1. True peace, 2002—Chapter 2 : the creeping mission : development and the military—Chapter 3 : making some arrangements : the United States, opium, and the Afghans—Chapter 4 : loss of focus—Chapter 5 : all together : the culture of corruption—Chapter 6 : the neo-Taliban : a learning organization—Chapter 7 : housecats of Kabul—Chapter 8 : the afterthought war : zigzag strategies—Chapter 9 : the broken agency : USAID—Chapter 10 : the COIN flip—Chapter 11 : the realization—Chapter 12 : they get that : agricultural development in Afghanistan—Chapter 13 : change-management strategy—Chapter 14 : the complexities—Chapter 15 : the perfect war—Chapter 16 : the way—Acknowledgments—Notes—Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS371.4.W57 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000351485
Total holds: 0

Maps on lining pages.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: List of abbreviations—Chronology : timeline of key events in Afghanistan War—Prologue : outsourcing and incoming, 2001—Introduction—Chapter 1. True peace, 2002—Chapter 2 : the creeping mission : development and the military—Chapter 3 : making some arrangements : the United States, opium, and the Afghans—Chapter 4 : loss of focus—Chapter 5 : all together : the culture of corruption—Chapter 6 : the neo-Taliban : a learning organization—Chapter 7 : housecats of Kabul—Chapter 8 : the afterthought war : zigzag strategies—Chapter 9 : the broken agency : USAID—Chapter 10 : the COIN flip—Chapter 11 : the realization—Chapter 12 : they get that : agricultural development in Afghanistan—Chapter 13 : change-management strategy—Chapter 14 : the complexities—Chapter 15 : the perfect war—Chapter 16 : the way—Acknowledgments—Notes—Index.

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