Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq
Author: Joseph A. Christoff
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 23
ISBN-13: 1437911404
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Author: Joseph A. Christoff
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 23
ISBN-13: 1437911404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Perito
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 12
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-05-21
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9781719426114
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Douglas Grindle
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2017-11
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1612349935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDouglas Grindle provides a firsthand account of how the war in Afghanistan was won in a rural district south of Kandahar City and how the newly created peace slipped away when vital resources failed to materialize and the United States headed for the exit. By placing the reader at the heart of the American counterinsurgency effort, Grindle reveals little-known incidents, including the failure of expensive aid programs to target local needs, the slow throttling of local government as official funds failed to reach the districts, and the United States’ inexplicable failure to empower the Afghan local officials even after they succeeded in bringing the people onto their side. Grindle presents the side of the hard-working Afghans who won the war and expresses what they really thought of the U.S. military and its decisions. Written by a former field officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development, this story of dashed hopes and missed opportunities details how America’s desire to leave the war behind ultimately overshadowed its desire to sustain victory.
Author: Robert M. Perito
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 16
ISBN-13: 1437904246
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report is based on extensive interviews conducted with American and foreign officials, soldiers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations that worked directly with Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan. It also reflects interviews conducted with a broad range of contacts during the author¿s visit to Afghanistan in June 2005. The report discusses lessons identified by those who served in Afghanistan. It is intended as a training aid for developing programs that prepare American personnel for service in peace and stability operations. The Assoc. for Diplomatic Studies and Training conducted the interviews.
Author: Stephen Brown
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-02-17
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1137568828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSecurity concerns increasingly influence foreign aid: how Western countries give aid, to whom and why. With contributions from experts in the field, this book examines the impact of security issues on six of the world's largest aid donors, as well as on key crosscutting issues such as gender equality and climate change.
Author: Carter Malkasian
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017-07-19
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0190659440
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the immediate aftermath of the 2007 "Surge" of American troops in Iraq, the defeat of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Anbar Province was widely hailed as one of America's signature victories. US Marines and soldiers fought for years there, in grinding battles such as Fallujah and Ramadi that define the experience of Iraq. Eventually, the fractious tribal sheiks in that province, with the help of American troops, united in an "Awakening" that dealt AQI a stunning defeat. The Awakening's success argued that the United States could intervene in a war-torn country and, with the right strategy, bring stability and peace. It seemed to exemplify snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. A decade later, the situation in Anbar Province is dramatically different. In 2014, much of Anbar fell to the AQI's successor organization, the Islamic State, which swept through the region with shocking ease. In Illusions of Victory, Carter Malkasian looks at the wreckage to explain why the Awakening's initial promise proved misleading and why victory was unsustainable. Malkasian begins by tracing the origins of the Awakening, then turns his attention to what happened in its wake. After the United States left, Iraq's Shi'a government sidelined Sunni leaders throughout the country. AQI, brought back to life as the Islamic State, expanded in northern and western Iraq and quickly found a receptive audience among marginalized Sunnis. In short order, the progress that had resulted from the Awakening fell apart. Malkasian draws many lessons from Anbar. Chief among them, the most stunning of victories may not last. The fact that the leading model of success fell apart severely damages the idea that the United States can send the military to a country for a few years and create lasting peace. Even the most successful example was bound to deeper social, sectarian, and religious forces insensitive to temporary boots on the ground. From today's perspective, rather than decisive success, Anbar exemplifies how intervention itself is a costly, long-term project. The most brilliant victory could not escape this wisdom.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 76
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (U.S.)
Publisher: U.S. Independent Agencies and Commissions
Published: 2017-08
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780160948312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication is the second in a series of lessons learned reports which examine how the U.S. government and Departments of Defense, State, and Justice carried out reconstruction programs in Afghanistan. In particular, the report analyzes security sector assistance (SSA) programs to create, train and advise the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) between 2002 and 2016. This publication concludes that the effort to train the ANDSF needs to continue, and provides recommendations for the SSA programs to be improved, based on lessons learned from careful analysis of real reconstruction situations in Afghanistan. The publication states that the United States was never prepared to help create Afghan police and military forces capable of protecting that country from internal and external threats. It is the hope of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John F. Sopko, that this publication, and other SIGAR reports will create a body of work that can help provide reasonable solutions to help United States agencies and military forces improve reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. Related items: Counterterrorism publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/counterterrorism Counterinsurgency publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/counterinsurgency Warfare & Military Strategy publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/warfare-military-strategy Afghanistan War publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/afghanistan-war