Deconstructing Afghanistan
Subtitle: how does America's past inform Afghanistan's future?
By: Marc E. Greene, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Series: Drew paper -- no. 21
Publisher: Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781585662364
Subjects: Military policy; National security; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Relations; History
Description: "This study suggests a path for Afghanistan's post-2014 future based on the post-Civil War experience of the US South. A comparative history of both societies reveals the common presence of three foundational traits: highly differentiated class structures, ethnically and economically diverse societal mosaics, and a belief in peripheral and societal autonomy. I assess the prospects for either renewed civil war or stable peace in Afghanistan after US and coalition military forces complete their withdrawal"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "David S. Fadok, Lieutenant General, Commander and President School of Advanced Air and Space Studies; Jeffrey J. Smith, Colonel, PhD, Commandant and Dean, Air University School of Advanced Air and Space Studies."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-92).
Table of contents: title: Historical basis for comparison; title: Analysis of socio-political factors; title: Analysis of security factors; title: Analysis of economic factors; title: Synthesis and prediction.