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Author Grindle, Douglas, author.

Title How we won & lost the war in Afghanistan : two years in the Pashtun homeland / Douglas Grindle.

Publication Info. Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
2017

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, maps
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I. Into Afghanistan -- The train-up -- KAF world -- Part II. Into Dand -- Settling in -- Ousting the Taliban -- Nazak's grand bargain -- Priming the economy -- Waiting to work -- Kick-starting the staff -- Outpost life -- Security holds -- Women's work -- Part III. Dand in the balance -- Stealing from women -- Still starved of money -- Corruption of many kinds -- Holding back the Taliban -- The economy misses -- Solutions made in Washington -- Dand in the balance -- Part IV. On to Maiwand -- Two districts -- Security failing in Maiwand -- Drugs, not jobs -- Epilogue.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Grindle, Douglas.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Journalists.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title How we won and lost the war in Afghanistan : two years in the Pashtun homeland
Other Form: Print version: Grindle, Douglas. How we won & lost the war in Afghanistan : two years in the Pashtun homeland. Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017] pages, plates 9781612349541
ISBN 9781612349541 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781612349930 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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