TY - BOOK AU - Cordesman,Anthony H. AU - Arleigh A. ED - Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). TI - The Afghanistan-Pakistan war at the end of 2011 : : strategic failure? Talk without hope? Tactical success? Spend not build (and then stop spending)? / AV - Pamphlet DS357.6. P32. PY - 2011/// CY - Washington DC : PB - Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), KW - Afghanistan KW - Foreign relations KW - Pakistan KW - Pakistan KW - Afghanistan. KW - Boundaries KW - Politics and government KW - 2001- N1 - Cover title. “November 15, 2011”. “Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) ; Burke Chair in Strategy”—at head of title. ; Includes bibliographical references N2 - Summary: “The US is on the thin edge of strategic failure in two wars: the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan/Pakistan. This failure may never reach the point of outright defeat in either country. Iraq may never become hostile, revert to civil war, or come under anything approaching Iranian control. Afghanistan and Pakistan may never become major sanctuaries for terrorist attacks on the US and its allies…”—(page 2) ER -