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050 0 0 _aDS371.412.
_bA44 2011
100 1 _aAlexander, Chris,
_d1968-.
245 1 4 _aThe long way back :
_bAfghanistan's quest for peace /
_cChris Alexander.
250 _a1st U.S. ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarperCollins Publishers,
_cc2011.
300 _axxxiii, 281 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bcol. ill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _a“Includes bibliography”—(p. 253-258).
505 0 _aContents: Treading lightly : Price of entry—Friend for a season—Palace rules—Secret heart—Home front : Hanging fire : Trampled vintage—New colonialists—Western approaches—Inner light : Bolder strokes. Talent's table—Dance of war—Lost arts.
520 _aAbstract: Traces the achievements and disappointments encountered on the road to political stability in a war-torn nation, paying homage to the ordinary Afghan citizens and Western troops engaged in this important endeavor.
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
_x Peace.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x History
_y 2001-.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Politics and government
_y 2001-.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Social conditions
_y 21st century.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x History
_y 21st century.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Politics and government.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Social conditions.
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