000438824 000__ 03335cam\a2200481\a\4500 000438824 001__ 438824 000438824 005__ 20210513152959.0 000438824 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000438824 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000438824 008__ 120604s2012\\\\dcu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000438824 010__ $$z 2011036098 000438824 020__ $$a9781589019096$$q(electronic book) 000438824 020__ $$z9781589019089 000438824 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn775866637 000438824 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10527304 000438824 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC819603 000438824 035__ $$a438824 000438824 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000438824 043__ $$an-us---$$aa-af--- 000438824 05014 $$aDS371.412$$b.A318 2012eb 000438824 08204 $$a958.104/7373$$223 000438824 24500 $$aAfghan endgames$$h[electronic resource] :$$bstrategy and policy choices for America's longest war /$$cHy Rothstein and John Arquilla, editors. 000438824 260__ $$aWashington, D.C. :$$bGeorgetown University Press,$$c2012. 000438824 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiii, 229 p.) :$$bill. 000438824 440_0 $$aSouth Asia in world affairs series 000438824 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000438824 5050_ $$aUnderstanding the Afghan challenge / Hy Rothstein and John Arquilla -- A familiar Western experience in ancient Afghanistan / Victor Davis Hanson -- Afghan paradoxes / Thomas Barfield -- America's longest war / Hy Rothstein -- A case for withdrawal / Andrew J. Bacevich -- A case for staying the course / Frederick W. Kagan -- Afghanistan : the third way -- Edward N. Luttwak -- Beyond victory and defeat / Scott Sigmund Gartner and Leo Blanken -- The ethics of exit : moral obligation in the Afghan endgame / Russell Muirhead -- Shaping strategic communication / Robert Reilly -- Civil and uncivil society / Jade I. Rodriguez & Rebecca Lorentz -- Conclusion : Assessing the strategic alternatives / John Arquilla and Hy Rothstein. 000438824 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000438824 520__ $$aThe United States and its allies have been fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan for a decade in a war that either side could still win. While a gradual drawdown has begun, significant numbers of US combat troops will remain in Afghanistan until at least 2014, perhaps longer, depending on the situation on the ground and the outcome of the US presidential election in 2012. Given the realities of the Taliban's persistence and the desire of US policymakers-and the public-to find a way out, what can and should be the goals of the US and its allies in Afghanistan?. 000438824 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000438824 650_0 $$aAfghan War, 2001- 000438824 651_0 $$aAfghanistan$$xStrategic aspects. 000438824 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xMilitary policy. 000438824 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xRelations$$zAfghanistan. 000438824 651_0 $$aAfghanistan$$xRelations$$zUnited States. 000438824 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000438824 7001_ $$aRothstein, Hy S. 000438824 7001_ $$aArquilla, John. 000438824 77608 $$iPrint version:$$tAfghan endgames.$$dWashington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2012$$z9781589019089$$w(DLC) 2011036098$$w(OCoLC)747534361 000438824 8520_ $$bacq 000438824 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000438824 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000438824 85640 $$3ProQest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=819603$$zOnline Access 000438824 85640 $$3ProQest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=819603$$zOnline Access 000438824 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:438824$$pGLOBAL_SET 000438824 980__ $$aEBOOK$$aEBOOK 000438824 980__ $$aBIB 000438824 982__ $$aEbook 000438824 983__ $$aOnline