Aspiration and Ambivalence: Strategies and Realities of Counterinsurgency and State-Building in Afghanistan

by Vanda Felbab-Brown

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815724411
• ISBN13: 9780815724414
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"