03190nam 2200637Ia 450 991110871120332120251117092514.0978128374131612837413189780815724421081572442X(CKB)2670000000276648(EBL)1059700(OCoLC)819572814(SSID)ssj0000782680(PQKBManifestationID)11419649(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000782680(PQKBWorkID)10746241(PQKB)10848129(MdBmJHUP)muse35086(Au-PeEL)EBL1059700(CaPaEBR)ebr10623030(CaONFJC)MIL405381(Perlego)742627(MiAaPQ)EBC1059700(EXLCZ)99267000000027664820121130d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAspiration and ambivalence strategies and realities of counterinsurgency and state building in Afghanistan /Vanda Felbab-BrownWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20131 online resource (640 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780815724414 0815724411 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; 1 - Bullets over Kabul's Broadway; 2 - Washington's Strategies in Afghanistan since 2001; 3 - Insurgency in the Context of Poor Governance; 4 - The Myths of (Non)Governance in Afghanistan; 5 - Power, Impunity, and Legitimacy in Eastern and Southern Afghanistan: Learning to Love Mafia Rule; 6 - International Efforts to Fight Corruption and Improve Governance; 7 - Logistics and Politics in Northern Afghanistan; 8 - The Afghan Local Police and Other Militias; 9 - Counternarcotics and Economic Development Policies10 - Pakistan and the Region11 - Military Transition and Negotiations with the Taliban; 12 - What, If Anything, can Still be Done?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Back PageAfter more than a decade of great effort and sacrifice by America and its allies, the Taliban still has not been defeated, and many Afghans believe that a civil war is coming. Aspiration and Ambivalence analyzes the U.S. and international efforts in Afghanistan and offers detailed recommendations for dealing with the precarious situation leading up to the 2014 transition to Afghan control and beyond. Vanda Felbab-Brown argues that allied efforts in Afghanistan have put far too little emphasis on good governance, concentrating too much on short-term military goals to the detriment ofAfghan War, 2001-2021AfghanistanPolitics and government2001-Afghan War, 2001-2021.320.9581958.104/7958.1047Felbab-Brown Vanda1098528MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911108711203321Aspiration and ambivalence4779727UNINA