Toughing it out in Afghanistan - O'Hanlon, Michael E.; Sherjan, Hassina; Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press, 2010)
Foreword / Bruce Riedel -- Introduction -- The rise, fall, and resurgence of the Taliban -- The strategy -- Responding to the critics -- Measuring progress-and figuring out an exit plan -- Improving the strategy -- Appendix : excerpts from Brookings Afghanistan Index: Tracking Variables and of Reconstruction and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan.
Keywords: Taliban; Afghan War, 2001-; Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan; Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects; United States -- Military policy