Bibliograph

A Vulcan's tale, how the Bush administration mismanaged the reconstruction of Afghanistan, Dov S. Zakheim

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A Vulcan's tale, how the Bush administration mismanaged the reconstruction of Afghanistan, Dov S. Zakheim

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A Vulcan's tale

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

696099423

Responsibility statement

Dov S. Zakheim

Sub title

how the Bush administration mismanaged the reconstruction of Afghanistan

Summary

"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 publisher

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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