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The Valley´s Edge: A Year with the Pashtuns in the Heartland of the Taliban

Daniel R. Green

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Description for The Valley´s Edge: A Year with the Pashtuns in the Heartland of the Taliban Hardback. In this gripping, firsthand account, Daniel Green tells the story of U.S. efforts to oust the Taliban insurgency from the desolate southern Afghan province of Uruzgan. Nestled between the Hindu Kush mountains and the sprawling wasteland of the Margow and Khash Deserts, Uruzgan is a microcosm of U.S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 b 2 maps; appendix; notes; index. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
In this gripping, firsthand account, Daniel Green tells the story of U.S. efforts to oust the Taliban insurgency from the desolate southern Afghan province of Uruzgan. Nestled between the Hindu Kush mountains and the sprawling wasteland of the Margow and Khash Deserts, Uruzgan is a microcosm of U.S. efforts to prevent Afghanistan from falling to the Taliban insurgency and Islamic radicalism.

Green, who served in Uruzgan from 2005 to 2006 as a U.S. Department of State political adviser to a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), reveals how unrealistic expectations, a superficial understanding of the Afghans, and a lack of resources ... Read more

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Format

Hardback

Publication date

2011

Publisher

Potomac Books Inc United States

Number of pages

288

Condition

New

Number of Pages

288

Place of Publication

Dulles, United States

ISBN

9781597976947

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V9781597976947

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About Daniel R. Green

Daniel R. Green is a Soref Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and is pursuing a PhD in political science at the George Washington University. For his work in Afghanistan in 2005–2006, he received the U.S. Department of State’s Superior Honor Award, the U.S. Army’s Superior Civilian Honor Award, and a personal letter of commendation from then–chairman ... Read more

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"Dan Green spent a fascinating year in the heart of Taliban country as the insurgency began to gather steam there. His valuable book is a rich and detailed assessment of what worked (and what didn’t) to pacify Uruzgan, one of the most dangerous and remote provinces in Afghanistan."—Peter L. Bergen, author of The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America ... Read moreand al-Qaeda "Dan Green provides a unique and insightful perspective on the war in Afghanistan. He takes a sympathetic but critical look at our efforts there and the challenges that remain for the U.S. to prevail in Central Asia. If you want to know what Americans are doing in Afghanistan, read The Valley’s Edge."—Amb. James Dobbins, special envoy for Afghanistan "A blunt, detailed account from the frontlines that describes why nation-building is so astoundingly difficult—if not impossible. A warning in bold, human terms about the stultifying effects of military and civilian bureaucracies, no matter how well intentioned they are."—Bing West, former assistant secretary of defense and author of The Village, The Strongest Tribe, and The Wrong War "Dan Green has provided us with a rare and insightful look at the ground-level efforts for reconstruction in the dangerous south of Afghanistan. He cuts through the fog of war to give us a clear image of where we’ve succeeded, balanced by the honest assessment of where we have failed. Combine that with a civilian perspective of a man, not embedded with, but working alongside the U.S. and coalition forces, and what you have in your hands is a must read for anybody hoping to understand the hard realities of the war in Afghanistan."—Eric Blehm, author of The Only Thing Worth Dying For and The Last Season "You've read the theory of counterinsurgency—now see it in practice. Dan Green's memoir is a bracing account of the hazards of state-building in Afghanistan."—Nathan Hodge, author of Armed Humanitarians "The Valley’s Edge is a moving, finely grained portrait of an American's efforts to understand and help Afghanistan from within a well-intentioned but often hapless U.S. bureaucracy. Dan Green's memoir of his tour as a civilian adviser in Uruzgan Province makes a signal contribution to the literature on the war and in particular to understanding the role of this southern Pashtun province in the ongoing conflict. It is ground-level, first-person history at its best."—Linda Robinson, author of Tell Me How This Ends and Masters of Chaos Show Less

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