Afghanistan from the cold war through the war on terror / Barnett R. Rubin.

“© Oxford University Press 2013”—reverse of title page.

11 un numbered pages at the end of the book.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Introduction—Afghanistan in the international system—The political economy of war and peace in Afghanistan—Arab Islamists in Afghanistan—A blueprint for Afghanistan—The politics of center-periphery relations in Afghanistan / with Helena Malikyar—Transitional justice and human rights in Afghanistan—Crafting a constitution for Afghanistan—The political context of public administration reform in Afghanistan—Peace building, state building : constructing sovereignty for security—The politics of security in postconflict state building—Regional issues in the reconstruction of Afghanistan / with Andrea Armstrong—Afghanistan's uncertain transition from turmoil to normalcy—Afghanistan 2005 and beyond : prospects for improved stability reference document / with Humayun Hamidzada and Abby Stoddard—Saving Afghanistan—Resolving the Pakistan-Afghanistan stalemate / with Abubakar Siddique—Counternarcotics to stabilize Afghanistan : the false promise of crop eradication / with Jake Sherman—Afghan dilemmas : defining commitments—The transformation of the Afghan state—From great game to grand bargain : ending chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan / with Ahmed Rashid—The way forward in Afghanistan : end the War on Terror—Epilogue: A tribe apart : Afghan elites face a corrosive past.

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