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How We Won and Lost the War in Afghanistan: Two Years in the Pashtun Homeland

How We Won and Lost the War in Afghanistan: Two Years in the Pashtun Homeland - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Douglas GrindlePublish date:2017-11-01Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Potomac BooksISBN-13:9781612349541ISBN-10:1612349544UPC:9781612349541Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Afghan War (2001-2021)Size:9.07 x 6.45 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SCH4PAKHQR
Douglas Grindle provides a firsthand account of how the war in Afghanistan was won in a rural district south of Kandahar City and how the newly created peace slipped away when vital resources failed to materialize and the United States headed for the exit.

By placing the reader at the heart of the American counterinsurgency effort, Grindle reveals little-known incidents, including the failure of expensive aid programs to target local needs, the slow throttling of local government as official funds failed to reach the districts, and the United States' inexplicable failure to empower the Afghan local officials even after they succeeded in bringing the people onto their side. Grindle presents the side of the hard-working Afghans who won the war and expresses what they really thought of the U.S. military and its decisions. Written by a former field officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development, this story of dashed hopes and missed opportunities details how America's desire to leave the war behind ultimately overshadowed its desire to sustain victory.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Potomac BooksISBN-13:9781612349541ISBN-10:1612349544UPC:9781612349541Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Afghan War (2001-2021)Size:9.07 x 6.45 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SCH4PAKHQR
Douglas Grindle is an analyst and former freelance journalist whose work has appeared in scores of media outlets, including CSPAN, Fox News Radio, and numerous television stations across the country. He spent six years as a war correspondent in Afghanistan and Iraq, two years as a field researcher for the Department of Defense in Afghanistan, two years as a district advisor with USAID, and, most recently, five months in Kabul as a civilian researcher for the U.S. Army.


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