A vulcan's tale : how the Bush administration mismanaged the reconstruction of Afghanistan /

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"Presents details behind the Bush administration's policies and actions in Afghanistan and Iraq from the point of view of a high-level budget official in the U.S. Defense Department involved in the day-to-day management of funding Afghan reconstruction beginning in 2002"--Provided by...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zakheim, Dov S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
2001-2009
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > United States > Finance > Decision making.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Economic aspects > United States.
Nation-building > Afghanistan.
Postwar reconstruction > Afghanistan.
Postwar reconstruction > Government policy > United States.
Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001-2021 > États-Unis > Finances > Prise de décision.
Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001-2021 > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Reconstruction d'une nation > Afghānistān.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre > Afghānistān.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
HISTORY > Military > Afghan War (2001- )
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Diplomatic relations
Economics
Finance > Decision making
Nation-building
Postwar reconstruction
United States > Foreign relations > 2001-2009 > Decision making.
United States > Foreign relations > Afghanistan.
Afghanistan > Foreign relations.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 2001-2009 > Prise de décision.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Afghānistān.
Afghanistan
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Nation building and the 2000 campaign
  • Musical chairs: positioning for a top job on the new team
  • Transition to government
  • "From now on, we will only request a supplemental in wartime"
  • 9/11
  • Funding Operation Enduring Freedom
  • Pakistan
  • Passing the tin cup
  • The cost of war
  • Gearing up for Iraq, losing focus on Afghanistan
  • Coordinator for Afghanistan reconstruction
  • War fever
  • A second war, the first unfinished
  • On the road: New York, Latin America, Iraq, Poland, Spain
  • "I am the custodian of the Iraqi people"
  • Engaging Syria
  • Defense contractors
  • "Afghanistan, we haven't forgotten you"
  • Epilogue: where do we go from here?

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