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_bW57 2012
100 1 _aWissing, Douglas A.
245 1 0 _aFunding the enemy :
_bhow US taxpayers bankroll the Taliban /
_cDouglas A. Wissing.
260 _aAmherst, New York :
_bPrometheus Books,
_c2012.
300 _a396 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bcol. ill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aMaps on lining pages.
504 _6Includes bibliographical references.
505 _aContents: 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.
650 0 _aTaliban
_x Finance.
650 0 _aPostwar reconstruction
_z Afghanistan.
650 0 _aEconomic assistance, American
_z Afghanistan.
650 0 _aEconomic development
_x Finance
_z Afghanistan.
651 0 _aUnited States
_x Foreign relations
_z Afghanistan.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Foreign relations
_z United States.
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