Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan

Contents
Introduction. Moving Mountains: Cultural Friction in the Afghanistan War / Lieutenant Colonel Aaron B. O’Connell, USMC
Chapter One. Washington Goes to War / Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann
Chapter Two. US Strategy in Afghanistan: A Tragedy in Five Acts / Lieutenant Colonel Colin Jackson, USA
Chapter Three. In Our Own Image: Training the Afghan National Security Forces / Dr. Martin Loicano and Captain Craig C. Felker, USN
Chapter Four. The Impact of Culture on Policing in Afghanistan / Captain Pashtoon Atif, ANP
Chapter Five. Building and Undermining Legitimacy: Reconstruction and Development in Afghanistan / Lieutenant Commander Jamie Lynn De Coster, USN
Chapter Six. Rule of Law and Governance in Afghanistan, 2001–2014 / Colonel Abigail T. Linnington, USA, and Lieutenant Colonel Rebecca D. Patterson, USA
Chapter Seven. Liberalism Does Its Thing / Captain Aaron MacLean, USMC
Chapter Eight. Organizing like the Enemy: Special Operations Forces, Afghan Culture, and Village Stability Operations / Lieutenant Commander Daniel R. Green, USN
Chapter Nine. Leaving Afghanistan / Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin F. Jones, USAF
Conclusion. Our Latest Longest War / Lieutenant Colonel Aaron B. O’Connell, USMC
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes
About the Contributors