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Books Books Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Pamphlet DS 371.4 .G73 .S83 /2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 26513
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“Includes bibliography”—(p. 68-70).

“The Henry Jackson Society”—cover page.

“If you believe in the cause of freedom, then proclaim it, live it and protect it, for humanity’s future depends on it”—back cover.

Contents: Foreword—Acknowledgements—Acronyms—Executive summary—Introduction—Chapter I : the course of operations between 2001-2009 and why they did not succeed—Chapter II : the strategy for success in Afghanistan—Chapter III : Taliban divisions—Chapter IV : the ramifications of failure—Conclusion—Endnotes—Bibliography.

Summary: “The conflict in Afghanistan can and must be won. The purpose of this report is to explicate the strategy currently in place; to argue why it is the right one; and to emphasise that success in Afghanistan is not just a humanitarian imperative, but a strategic one also. The worst option that the governments of coalition forces could therefore take is to pledge an unconditional withdrawal from Afghanistan without understanding that the current strategy is both viable and necessary…”—(p. 1).