Long Way Back The

Christopher Alexander Canadians former ambassador to Afghanistan offers an inside look at Afghanistan recent history and delivers a blueprint for transforming the troubled country into a viable nation. Alexander draws on expertise gained over five years on the ground in Afghanistan chronicling the countrys initial successes following the Afghan War the setbacks it incurred thanks to a resurgent Taliban and the tenuous stability that multilateral diplomacy has brought the war-torn yet rebuilding nation. Readers of Ahmed Rashids Descent into Chaos and Alex Berensons Lost in Kandahar will find no more penetrating insight into Afghanistans past present and future than Christopher Alexanders probing expert dissection of a nation at war with itself: The Long Way Back.