The unexpected war
Subtitle: Canada in Kandahar
By: Janice Gross Stein & Eugene Lang
Contributors: Lang, J. Eugene
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780143055372
Subjects: Afghan War, 2001-; Canadian Participation; Armed Forces; Military policy; Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001-; Participation canadienne; Forces armées; Politique militaire; Military participation; Canadian
Description: This book reveals tough realities about how public servants and politicians dither and avoid hard decisions in Ottawa and about how our senior public service needs a deep shake-up.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing, 2007.
Table of contents: title: Early in, early out; title: "We don't know anything about this country"; title: Stay the course; title: Walking a tightrope; title: Half pregnant; title: Pulling it together; title: Transition; title: Toward a new agenda; title: Navigating BMD; title: From Kabul to Kandahar; title: Scumbags and Dutchmen; title: The challenge of insurgency; title: Harper's War; title: Those vexatious detainees; title: The three Ds in Afghanistan; title: Canada in Kandahar: making choices.