How we won & lost the war in Afghanistan : two years in the Pashtun homeland / Douglas Grindle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Into Afghanistan -- The train-up -- KAF world -- Part II. Into Dand -- Settling in -- Ousting the Taliban -- Nazak's grand bargain -- Priming the economy -- Waiting to work -- Kick-starting the staff -- Outpost life -- Security holds -- Women's work -- Part III. Dand in the balance -- Stealing from women -- Still starved of money -- Corruption of many kinds -- Holding back the Taliban -- The economy misses -- Solutions made in Washington -- Dand in the balance -- Part IV. On to Maiwand -- Two districts -- Security failing in Maiwand -- Drugs, not jobs -- Epilogue.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.