Afghan lessons : culture, diplomacy, and counterinsurgency / Fernando Gentilini ; translated by Angela Arnone ; [foreword by Robert Cooper].
| Author/creator |
Gentilini, Fernando |
| Other author/creator | Arnone, Angela, translator. |
| Other author/creator | Scuola superiore della pubblica amministrazione (Italy). Sede di Roma. |
| Other author/creator | Brookings Institution. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Rome : Scuola superiore della pubblica amministrazione (SSPA) ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2013] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2013 |
| Description | xiii, 176 pages : map ; 23 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | Libero a Kabul. English |
| Series | Brookings-SSPA series on public administration Brookings-SSPA series on public administration. ^A1108352 |
| Contents | How I ended up in Afghanistan, February-July 2008 -- Signals, 1968, 1979, 2001, 2007 -- Dubai, Terminal 2, July 13, 2008 -- Kabul -- A small travel library, I -- The first steps -- "What? They've surrounded Kabul?" -- Winning -- The neo-Taliban -- A world of advice from a princess -- "The insubstantial state" -- Arg -- Civilian casualties, I -- What there was, what there should have been -- To coordinate- or to be coordinated -- A small travel library, II -- ISAF -- Khyber, 1842, 1878, 1919, 1928 -- Indian holiday -- Snow -- 21. Clear, hold, and build -- Civilian casualties, II -- Obama and Af-Pak, March 29, 2009 -- Awkward neighbors -- A small travel library, III -- A dream -- Karzai -- Bird's-eye views -- Kandahar -- COIN, the counterinsurgency manual -- Civilian casualties, III -- Shia family law -- Women -- A small travel library, IV -- Death in August -- The presidential elections -- A way to reconciliation -- The future of Af-Pak -- Leaving Kabul, February 2010 -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index. |
| LCCN | 2013018635 |
| ISBN | 9780815724230 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0815724233 (paperback) |
| Standard identifier# | 40022569949 |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | DS352 .G3613 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |