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Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror, Barnett R. Rubin

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Afghanistan from the Cold War through the War on Terror

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Barnett R. Rubin

A collection of articles written from 1989 to 2009, updated for this volume

Introduction -- 1. Prelude: Afghanistan between two wars, 1989-2001 -- Afghanistan in the international system -- The political economy of war and peace in Afghanistan -- Arab Islamists in Afghanistan -- 2. National building lite -- A blueprint for Afghanistan -- The politics of center-periphery relations in Afghanistan / with Helena Malikyar -- Transitional justice and human rights in Afghanistan -- Crafting a constitution for Afghanistan -- The political context of public administration reform in Afghanistan -- Peace building, state building: constructing sovereignty for security -- The politics of security in postconflict state building -- Regional issues in the reconstruction of Afghanistan / with Andrea Armstrong -- Afghanistan's uncertain transition from turmoil to normalcy -- Afghanistan 2005 and beyond: prospects for improved stability reference document / with Humayun Hamidzada and Abby Stoddard -- 3. Back to war -- Saving Afghanistan -- Resolving the Pakistan-Afghanistan stalemate / with Abubakar Siddique -- Counternarcotics to stabilize Afghanistan: the false promise of crop eradication / with Jake Sherman -- Afghan dilemmas: defining commitments -- The transformation of the Afghan state -- From great game to grand bargain: ending chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan / with Ahmed Rashid -- The way forward in Afghanistan: end the War on Terror -- Epilogue: A tribe apart: Afghan elites face a corrosive past