| Description |
1 online resource (18 p.) |
| Series |
Special report ; 316 |
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Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; 316.
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| Note |
"September 2012." |
| Summary |
This report focuses on both the U.S. military's localized governance, reconstruction, and development projects and U.S. civilian stabilization programming in Afghanistan from 2009 through 2012. Based on interviews with nearly sixty Afghan and international respondents in Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, and Washington, this report finds that the surge has not met its transformative objectives due to three U.S. assumptions that proved unrealistic. It also examines lessons from the U.S. surge's impacts on local governance that can be applied toward Afghanistan's upcoming transition. |
| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed October 25, 2012). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-18). |
| Contents |
Background : civilian surge and renewed military focus on district governance -- Assumption one : governance and development timelines would mirror security progress -- Assumption two : bottom-up progress would be reinforced by top-down processes -- Assumption three : "lack of government" as the problem to be addressed -- Conclusions and recommendations. |
| Subject |
Local government -- Afghanistan.
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Postwar reconstruction -- Afghanistan.
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Nation-building -- Afghanistan.
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| Added Author |
United States Institute of Peace.
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| Added Title |
US surge and Afghan local governance |
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United States surge and Afghan local governance |
| Gpo Item No. |
1063-K-16 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
Y 3.P 31:20/316 |
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