Aspiration and ambivalence : strategies and realities of counterinsurgency and state building in Afghanistan / / Vanda Felbab-Brown

• Autore: Felbab-Brown Vanda
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (640 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.9581; 958.104/7; 958.1047
• Soggetto topico: Afghan War, 2001-
• Soggetto geografico: Afghanistan Politics and government 2001-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Policies ; 10 - Pakistan and the Region11 - Military Transition and Negotiations with the Taliban; 12 - What, If Anything, can Still be Done?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Back Page
• Sommario/riassunto: After 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 of
• Titolo autorizzato: Aspiration and ambivalence
• ISBN: 1-283-74131-8; 0-8157-2442-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828946903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II