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Power struggle over Afghanistan : an inside look at what went wrong, and what we can do to repair the damage / Kai Eide.

by Eide, Kai, 1949-

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New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2012.

Nation-building -- Afghanistan.

Peace-building -- Afghanistan.

Postwar reconstruction -- Afghanistan.

National security -- Afghanistan.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-

9781616084646 (hbk.) :

1616084642 (hbk.)

ix, 314 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., col. map ; 22 cm.

Karzai's surprise move -- Afghanistan's thirty years of war -- A city under siege -- Can the UN deliver? -- Struggle in the UN family -- Where did all the money go? -- Do we have a strategy? -- Civilian deaths : first conflict with the military -- Karzai becomes confrontational -- More mistakes and more casualties -- Growth of the insurgency -- Afghanistan's women -- Kabul under attack -- Karzai's tactical surprise -- Five more years with Karzai? -- New ministers and new expectations -- Obama's dream team stumbles -- Clinton's surprise announcement and the Hague Conference -- Finally, a real strategy? -- Old warlords enter the scene -- Countdown to elections, and the first clash with Galbraith -- Election day and more foreign interference -- The secret guest -- A dangerous plan -- A race to rescue the elections -- Galbraith is fired and takes revenge -- Senator Kerry intervenes -- Mr. President, I have decided to resign -- Attack on the UN! -- Election endgame : Karzai's troubled victory -- The military buildup -- Offensives in the South -- An agenda for Afghan ownership -- The inauguration and a new government -- The battle for election reform -- Another conference : but where? -- A complicated partnership -- The fragmented region -- Negotiate with the Taliban? -- Who is Karzai? -- Reflections -- Departure.

Presents a first-hand account of the aftermath of the Afghan War, what went wrong, and what can be done to solidify peace and prosperity for the nation.

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