TY - BOOK AU - Grindle,Douglas TI - How we won & lost the war in Afghanistan: two years in the Pashtun homeland AV - DS371.413 .G754 2017 U1 - 958.104/7 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Lincoln PB - Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press KW - Grindle, Douglas. KW - Afghan War, 2001- KW - Personal narratives, American KW - Journalists KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5060159 ER -