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Author Green, Daniel R.

Title The valley's edge : a year with the Pashtuns in the heartland of the Taliban / Daniel R. Green ; foreword by Ronald E. Neumann ; afterword by H.R. McMaster
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Uruzgan Province Time Line; List of Abbreviations; 1 Welcome to the U.S. Government; 2 Afghanistan; 3 Uruzgan: The Heart of Asia; 4 A Provincial Affair (Tarin Kowt-Spring 2005); 5 A Visit to the Green Zone (Chora-Spring 2005); 6 The New Regime (Tarin Kowt-Summer 2005); 7 Journey to Chenartu (Chora-Summer 2005); 8 The Thin Black Line (Tarin Kowt-Summer 2005); 9 Bringing Democracy to the Pashtuns (Tarin Kowt-Fall 2005); 10 Uruzgan's Bloody Past (Tarin Kowt-Fall 2005); 11 The War Returns (Tarin Kowt-Summer 2006); 12 The Good Samaritan (Chora-Summer 2006)
13 The Dutch Take Over (Tarin Kowt-Summer 2006)14 Interregnum (2006-2008); 15 Afghanistan (2009-2011); Epilogue; Afterword; Appendix A. Tarin Kowt: Some Ideas on Leadership Change in Uruzgan Province; Appendix B. Counterinsurgency in Uruzgan Province: The Political Dimension; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author
Summary The war in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of an American diplomat and military veteran working directly with villagers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Taliban.
SUBJECT Taliban fast
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Uruzgān
Postwar reconstruction -- Afghanistan -- Uruzgān
Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan -- Uruzgān
Political stability -- Afghanistan -- Uruzgān
HISTORY -- Military -- Afghan War (2001- )
Counterinsurgency
Military campaigns
Political stability
Postwar reconstruction
Afghanistan -- Uruzgān
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011023383
ISBN 9781597978644
1597978647