LEADER 02520nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910814417403321 005 20230725023241.0 010 $a1-282-54678-3 010 $a9786612546785 010 $a0-8157-0434-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000014614 035 $a(EBL)513996 035 $a(OCoLC)607552611 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000366865 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11265651 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366865 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10418163 035 $a(PQKB)11688883 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC513996 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35229 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL513996 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10373401 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL254678 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000014614 100 $a20091211d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aToughing it out in Afghanistan$b[electronic resource] /$fMichael O'Hanlon, Hassina Sherjan 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8157-0409-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword / Bruce Riedel -- Introduction -- The rise, fall, and resurgence of the Taliban -- The strategy -- Responding to the critics -- Measuring progress-and figuring out an exit plan -- Improving the strategy -- Appendix : excerpts from Brookings Afghanistan Index: Tracking Variables and of Reconstruction and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan. 330 $aIs Afghanistan another Vietnam, a quagmire that the United States should escape as soon as possible? Or is it a crucial war than can and must be won? The authors acknowledge current difficulties in Afghanistan but also explicate how the war-torn country can emerge as a stable sovereign nation, free from the yoke of the Taliban and al Qaeda. 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021 606 $aCounterinsurgency$zAfghanistan 607 $aAfghanistan$xStrategic aspects 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021. 615 0$aCounterinsurgency 676 $a958.1047 700 $aO'Hanlon$b Michael E$0552048 701 $aSherjan$b Hassina$01724916 712 02$aBrookings Institution 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814417403321 996 $aToughing it out in Afghanistan$94127378 997 $aUNINA