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DIFFERENTIAL and DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY |
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1 Cherukuri, Suvarna
Women in prison : an insight into captivity and crime /
Suvarna Cherukuri.-- Delhi: Foundation Books, 2008.
x, 147p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9788175965478.
155.962082 CHE 141183
** Women prisoners -- India -- Social conditions , Prison
psychology -- India , Prison psychology
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ANCIENT,MEDIEVAL and EASTERN PHILOSOPHY |
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2 Tucker, Aviezer
Plato for everyone / Aviezer Tucker.-- Amherst:
Prometheus Books, 2012.
256p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9781616146542.
184 PLA 141171
Plato-s dialogues, featuring his famous mentor Socrates,
often prove difficult to understand for many contemporary
readers. The author remedies these problems by recasting
five of Plato-s dialogues into accessible and
entertaining short stories in modern settings.
** Plato
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OTHER RELIGIONS |
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3 Gellner, David N
Monk, householder, and tantric priest : Newar Buddhism
and its hierarchy of ritual / David N Gellner.-- New
Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
xxiii, 428p. , 22cm.
(Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology,
84).
ISBN : 9788185618135.
294.3095496 GEL 141185
Many misconceptions circulate in the West about Tantric
religion, whether Buddhist or Hindu, mainly because
scholars have relied exclusively on textual sources. Here
is an account of how Tantric Buddhism works in practice.
** Buddhism -- Nepal -- Kathmandu Valley , Kathmandu
Valley (Nepal) -- Religious life and customs , Newar
(Nepalese people) -- Religion
4 Pinch, William R
Warrior ascetics and Indian empires / William R Pinch.--
New Delhi: Foundation Books, 2006.
xi, 280p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9788175963672.
294.54470954 PIN 141181
Many people assume, largely because of Gandhi-s legacy,
that Hinduism is a religion of non-violence. the author
shows just how wrong this assumption is. Using the life of
Anupgiri Gosain, a Hindu ascetic who lived at the end of
the eighteenth century, he demonstrates that Hindu
warrior ascetics were an important component of the South
Asian military labor market in the medieval and early
modern Indian past, and crucial to the rise of British
imperialism. Today, they occupy a prominent place in
modern Indian imaginations, ironically as romantic
defenders of a Hindu India against foreign invasion, even
though they are almost totally absent from Indian
history. The author-s innovative and gloriously composed
book sets out to piece together the story of the rise and
demise of warrior asceticism in India from the 1500s to
the present.
** Gosain, Anupgiri , Asceticism -- Hinduism , Soldiers -
India -- History
5 Openshaw, Jeanne
Seeking Bauls of Bengal / Jeanne Openshaw.-- New Delhi:
Foundation Books, 2004.
xii, 288p. , 24cm.
(University of Cambridge oriental publications, 60).
ISBN : 9788175962057.
294.551 OPE 141191
Bauls are known as wandering minstrels and mystics in
India and Bangladesh. The author uses her fieldwork, and
oral and manuscript texts, to chart the rise of their
present iconic status.
** Bauls -- India , Bauls -- Bangladesh , Bauls
6 Hausner, Sondra L
Wandering with sadhus : ascetics in the Hindu Himalayas /
Sondra L Hausner.-- Delhi: Foundation Books, 2012.
xii, 247p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9788175968929.
294.56570954 HAU 141180
This book presents an ethnographic portrait of Hindu
renouncers, sadhus or ascetics, in India and Nepal. It
shows how they form a distinctive, alternative community
with its own internal structure, but one that is not
located in any single place. It examines the shared views
of space, time, and the body that create the ground for
everyday experience.
** Sadhus -- India -- Social conditions , Sadhus -- Nepal
-- Social conditions , Sadhus -- Social networks -- India
, Asceticism --Hinduism
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SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIOLOGY and ANTHROPOLOGY |
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7 Ackland, Robert
Web social science : concepts data and tools for social
scientists in the digital age / Robert Ackland.-- Los
Angeles: Sage Publications, 2013.
xix, 202p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9781849204828.
300.72 ACK 141145
This book represents a social science approach that is
more accessible and applicable, with more attention to
preparation, processing and interpretation of real-world
data. It is appropriate for scientists and students in
different areas è social, engineering, economic è every
area that uses web for informing, promoting, exerting
social influence and conducting studies.
** Social sciences -- Research -- Computer network
resources , World Wide Web -- Social aspects -- Research
Internet -- Social aspects -- Research , Social sciences
-Research--Methodology
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SOCIOLOGY and ANTHROPOLOGY |
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8 Gupta, Dipankar (ed)
My favourite Levi-Strauss / Dipankar Gupta.-- New Delhi:
Yoda Press, 2011.
x, 160p. , 20cm.
ISBN : 9789380403137.
301.092 LEV 141187
** Levi-Strauss, Claude -- Congresses , Ethnology --
Congresses , Sociology -- Congresses
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SOCIAL INTERACTION |
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9 Hinton, Sam
Understanding social media / Sam Hinton and Larissa
Hjorth.-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2013.
161p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9781446201213.
302.231 HIN 141143
This book provides a critical and timely conceptual
toolbox for navigating the evolution and practices of
social media. It also provides a clear and concise
explanation of the key concepts but also goes beyond
specific brands, sites and practices to show readers how
to place social media more critically within the changing
media and cultural landscape.
** Digital media -- Social aspects , Social media ,
Information society
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SOCIAL PROCESSES |
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10 Simpson, Edward (ed)
Struggling with history : Islam and cosmopolitanism in
the Western Indian Ocean / Edward Simpson and Kai Kresse.
-- London: Hurst, 2007.
xxii, 377p. , 22cm.
ISBN : 9781850658795.
303.4821824 SIM 141173
This book compares anthropological and historical
approaches to the study of the Indian Ocean by focusing
on the conflicted nature of cosmopolitanism. This book
presents debates on the nature of cosmopolitanism, the
comparative study of Muslim societies, and the
examination of colonial and postcolonial contexts.
** Islam and culture , Cosmopolitanism -- Indian Ocean
Region , Islam
11 Wilkinson, Steven I
Votes and violence : electoral competition and communal
riots in India / Steven I Wilkinson.-- Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2005.
xiii, 293p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9780521672818.
303.6208900954 WIL 141179
Why does ethnic violence break out in some places and not
others? More important, why do some governments try to
prevent antiminority riots while others do nothing, or
even actively encourage attacks? This book answers these
questions through a detailed study of Hindu-Muslim riots
in India, as well as case studies of Ireland, Malaysia
and Romania.
** Elections -- India , Political violence -- India ,
Ethnic conflict --India
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SOCIAL GROUPS |
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12 Forbes, Geraldine
Women in modern India / Geraldine Forbes.-- New Delhi:
Cambridge University Press, 2012.
xix, 289p. , 21cm.
(The New Cambridge history of India, IV. 2).
ISBN : 9780521612401.
305.4095409034 FOR 141182
The author traces the history of Indian women from the
nineteenth century under colonial rule to the twentieth
century after Independence.
** Women -- India -- History -- 19th century , Women --
India -- History -- 20th century , Women -- History
13 Mendelsohn, Oliver
The Untouchables : subordination, poverty and the state
in modern India / Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany.-
New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
xviii, 289p. , 22cm.
(Contemporary South Asia , 4).
ISBN : 9788175960749.
305.56880954 MEN 141177
This book explores the background and position of the
Untouchables in India. The authors explore the
construction of the Untouchables as a social and
political category, the historical background which led
to such a definition, and their position in India today.
They argue that, despite efforts to ameliorate their
condition on the part of the state, a considerable
edifice of discrimination persists on the basis of a
tradition of ritual subordination.
** Dalits -- India -- Politics and government , Dalits --
India -- Economic conditions , Dalits -- India -- Social
conditions
14 Banerjee, Mukulika (ed)
Muslim portraits : everyday lives in India / Mukulika
Banerjee.-- New Delhi: Yoda Press, 2008.
xxii, 142p. ,22cm.
ISBN : 9788190618625.
305.6970954 BAN 141186
This book features twelve narratives that offer portraits
of Muslims in India. It recounts their stories,
predicaments, aspirations, and the highs and lows of
their lives. It portrays individuals from many walks of
life - men and women, young and old, from various regions
of India.
** Muslims -- India -- Social conditions , Muslims --
India -- Biography , Muslims
15 Verkuyten, Maykel
Identity and cultural diversity : what social psychology
can teach us / Maykel Verkuyten.-- London: Routledge,
2014.
280p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848721203.
305.8 VER 141148
This book examines questions of identity and cultural
diversity from a social psychological perspective, and
provides an introduction to this area which will be
useful for psychologists, and also accessible to
academics from other disciplines and the interested
reader.
** Cultural pluralism , Multiculturalism , Immigrants --
Cultural assimilation
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CULTURE and INSTITUTIONS |
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16 Bowen, John R
A New anthropology of Islam / John R Bowen.-- New Delhi:
Cambridge University Press, 2013.
x, 219p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9781107615755.
306.697 BOW 141184
This book explores the contributions that anthropology
has made to the study and understanding of Islam.
** Islamic sociology , Anthropology of religion --
Islamic countries , Anthropology of religion
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POLITICAL SCEINCE |
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17 Joseph, Sarah
Political theory and power / Sarah Joseph.--2nd ed--
Delhi: Foundation Books, 2007.
vii, 166p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9788175962033.
320.011 JOS 141190
** Power (Social sciences) , Political science
18 Brass, Paul R
The Politics of India since independence / Paul R Brass.-
2nd ed-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
xx, 403p. , 22cm.
(New Cambridge history of India, IV. 1).
ISBN : 9780521543057.
320.954 BRA 141193
This book sets out to study and assess the many changes
in the political agendas and policies of the countryès
leadership since independence and how they have impacted
the country in recent years. The author presents his
views on the effects of these policies and changes,
whether they have benefited the country and also analyses
many of the problems faced by the country in recent
times.
** India -- Politics and government -- 1947-
19 Pokharel, Bhojraj
Nepal : votes for peace / Bhojraj Pokharel and Shrishti
Rana.-- Delhi: Foundation Books, 2013.
xiii, 266p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9789382993032.
320.95496 POK 141189
This book discusses the context of Nepal-s peace process,
which began in 2005 and also identifies the political
challenges to the Constituent Assembly election, and the
reasons for the two postponements. It charts the progress
of Nepal from a traditional centralized unitary state
towards a modern federal state.
** Nepal -- Politics and government , Political science ,
Nepal
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RELATION OF STATE TO ORGANIZED GROUPS |
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20 Sundarayya, P
Telangana people-s struggle and its lessons / P
Sundarayya.-- Delhi: Foundation Books, 2014.
ix, 458p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9789382993858.
322.42095484 SUN 141174
** Telengana Region (India) -- Politics and government ,
Political science , India -- Telengana Region
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS |
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21 Engelmeier, Tobias F
Nation-building and foreign policy in India : an identity
strategy conflict / Tobias F Engelmeier.-- Delhi:
Foundation Books, 2011.
304p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9788175966352.
327.54 ENG 141188
This book analyses the unusual concern of Indian
strategic thinking about political values. It argues that
in Indian foreign policy, there has been a shift from a
strict concern for nation interest towards idealist
considerations.
** Nation-building -- India , India -- Foreign relations
- 1947-1984 , India -- Foreign relations -- 1984-
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FINANCIAL ECONOMICS |
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22 Chen, Sandy
Integrated bank analysis and valuation : a practical
guide to the ROIC methodology / Sandy Chen.-- New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
xvi, 174p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9781137307453.
332.1 CHE 141151
The financial crisis that began in 2007 exposed many
flaws in modern financial practice and highlighted much
need for change. This book provides readers with a
practical guide to the ROIC for Banks methodology - one
of the few ways of both understanding what makes a bank
tick and getting a fundamentally robust indication as to
how much a bank is worth. It provides all the necessary
tools for use in the real environment of investment
banking to analyse banks results, evaluate strategic
options and assess regulatory changes è with an eye
towards whether a bank is creating or destroying value.
** Banks and banking--Valuation
23 Massari, Mario
The Valuation of financial companies : tools and
techniques to value banks, insurance companies, and other
fianancial institutions / Mario Massari, Gianfranco
Gianfrate and Laura Zanetti.-- West Sussex: Wiley, 2014.
viii, 246p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9781118617335.
332.1 MAS 141154
This book presents the main valuation approaches that can
be used to value financial institutions. By sketching 1)
the different business models of banks (both commercial
and investment banks) and insurance companies (life,
property and casualty and reinsurance), 2) the structure
and peculiarities of financial institutions’ reporting
and financial statements, and 3) the main features of
regulatory capital frameworks for banking and insurance
(ie Basel III, Solvency II), the book addresses why such
elements make the valuation of financial institutions
different from the valuation of non financial companies.
** Business , Cash management , Financial management ,
Financial institutions--Valuation
24 Ising, Peter
Earnings accruals and real activities management around
initial public offerings : evidence from specific
industries / Peter Ising.-- Fachmedien: Springer Gabler,
2014.
xxiv, 225p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9783658037932.
332.6322 ISI 141150
The beginning of the new millennium was characterized by
company scandals in accounting around the world. A
transparent and fair presentation of financial statements
is beneficial for capital market participants. This book
covers additional aspects to shed light on substantial
drivers of discretionary reporting behavior around going
public. Factors like influence on real activities,
industry affiliation, and specific years in the IPO
process add further insight to this theoretical and
practical topic. The dependence on these factors is high
and confirms that company specifics are important for
interpretation of financial results.
** Earnings management , Going public (Securities) ,
Corporations -- Finance
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25 Hawken, Paul
Natural capitalism : the next industrial revolution /
Paul Hawken, Amory B Lovins and L Hunter Lovins.--10th ed
-- London: Earthscan Publishing, 2010.
xxix, 416p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9781844071708.
338.064 HAW 141170
This book rocked the world of business with its
innovative new approach - an approach that fused
ecological integrity with business acumen using the
radical concept of natural capitalism.
** Economic forecasting -- United States , United States
- Economic policy -- 1993-2001 , Capitalism -- United
States -- Forecasting
26 Roy, Tirthankar
Traditional industry in the economy of colonial India /
Tirthankar Roy.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1999.
xi, 252p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9780521650120.
338.0954 ROY 141178
The author challenges the view that traditional industry
was destroyed in the colonial period. He argues that
while traditional industry did evolve during the
industrial revolution, these transformations had a
galvanizing effect on manufacturing generally and that
the major industries in post-independence India were
shaped by such transformations.
** Industries -- India , Industrial policy -- India ,
Manufacturing industries -- India
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OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS and SERVICES |
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27 Carson, Rachel
Silent spring / Rachel Carson.-- Boston: Mariner Books,
2002.
xix, 378p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9780618249060.
363.7384 CAR 141215
This book exposed the destruction of wildlife through the
widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the
press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry
to ban the book, the author succeeded in creating a new
public awareness of the environment which led to changes
in government and inspired the ecological movement. It is
thanks to this book, and the help of many
environmentalists, that harmful pesticides such as DDT
were banned from use in the US and countries around the
world.
** Pesticides -- Environmental aspects , Pesticides --
Toxicology , Pesticides and wildlife
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CHEMISTRY |
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28 Reliance Industries Limited
PVC@100 : a century of versatile polymer / Reliance
Industries Limited.-- Mumbai: Mapin Publishing, 2014.
248p. , 32cm.
547.7 REL 141113
** Polymers
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GENERAL MANAGEMENT |
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29 Lessambo, Felix I
The International corporate governance system : audit
roles and board oversight / Felix I Lessambo.-- New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
xxxv, 445p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9781137360007.
658.4 LES 141152
This book provides a comprehensive approach to Corporate
Governance, Audit Process and Risk Management.
Furthermore, it provides an analytical and comprehensive
approach of the issues facing governance directors,
internal and external auditors, risk managers, and public
officials conducting assessments based upon the Report on
Standards and Codes.
** Corporate governance -- Law and legislation , Boards
of directors , Corporations -- Auditing -- Law and
legislation
30 Hartmann, Philipp
New business creation : systems for institutionalized
radical innovation management / Philipp Hartmann.--
Wiesbaden: Springer, 2014.
xiii, 216p. , 21cm.
ISBN : 9783658060466.
658.4063 HAR 141153
Established companies are facing an increasingly dynamic
and globalized competitive environment. Radical
innovations are considered a means to escape this trend.
In particular, it is desirable for established companies
to institutionalize systems to repeatedly create new
business based on radical innovations (New Business
Creation, NBC).This book identifies design variables
for NBC systems and explores related performance
measurement activities.
** Technological innovations -- Management , New business
enterprises , Economics/Management Science
31 Baaij, Marc G
An Introduction to management consultancy / Marc G Baaij.
Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2014.
xix, 580p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9781446256138.
658.46 BAA 141147
The text is built around learning objectives to help
students to understand the -what-, -how-, -when- and
-why- at macro and micro levels of management consultancy
and its stakeholders, and provides engaging real life
examples and extra web materials for study.
** Business consultants
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING |
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32 Kokje, Milind (ed)
Polypropylene at fifty / Milind Kokje.-- [s.l.]: Reliance
Industries Limited, 2010.
237p. , 31cm.
668.4234 KOK 141114
** Polypropylene
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AMERICAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH |
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33 Jordan, Robert
The Great hunt : book two of The Wheel of Time / Robert
Jordan.-- London: Orbit Books, 2013.
xxviii, 707p. , 18cm.
Book two of The Wheel of Time.
ISBN : 9781857230277.
813.54 JOR 141149
It is the second book in Robert Jordan-s epic fantasy
series, The wheel of time. The Wheel of Time turns and
Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is,
may yet fall under the Shadow. For centuries, gleemen
have told of The Great Hunt of the Horn. Now the Horn
itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only
legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the
ages. And it is stolen.
** Rand al-Thor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction ,
Fantasy fiction , Rand al-Thor (Fictitious character)
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HISTORY OF ASIA |
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34 Chakrabarty, Bidyut
The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947 : Contour of
freedom / Bidyut Chakrabarty.-- London: RoutledgeCurzon,
2014.
x, 278p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415328890.
954.042 CHA 141192
The fragmentation of Bengal and Assam in 1947 was a
crucial moment in India-s socio-political history as a
nation state. Both the British Indian provinces were
divided as much through the actions of the Muslim League
as by those of Congress and the British colonial power.
This book provides a review of constitutional and party
politics as well as of popular attitudes and perceptions.
The primary aim of this book is to unravel the intricate
socio-economic and political processes that led up to
partition, as Hindus and Muslims competed ferociously for
the new power and privileges to be conferred on them with
independence.
** Bengal (India) -- History -- Partition, 1947 , Assam
(India) -- History -- 20th century , India -- History --
Partition, 1947
35 Chatterji, Joya
The Spoils of partition : Bengal and India, 1947-1967 /
Joya Chatterji.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2011.
xvi, 342p. , 23cm.
ISBN : 9780521515276.
954.14 CHA 141175
This book shows how and why the borders were redrawn, how
the creation of new nation states led to unprecedented
upheavals, massive shifts in population and wholly
unexpected transformations of the political landscape in
both Bengal and India. The book also reveals how the
spoils of partition, which the Congress in Bengal had
expected from the new boundaries, were squandered over
the twenty years which followed.
** West Bengal (India) -- History , Bengal (India) --
History -- Partition, 1947 , India -- History --
Partition, 1947
36 Rothstein, Hy (ed)
Afghan endgames : strategy and policy choices for
America-s longest war / Hy Rothstein and John Arquilla.--
Delhi: Foundation Books, 2013.
xiii, 229p. , 24cm.
ISBN : 9789382993025.
958.1046 ROT 141195
Given the realities of the Taliban-s persistence and the
desire of US policymakers - and the public - to find a
way out, what can and should be the goals of the US and
its allies in Afghanistan? This title provides a
comprehensive assessment of the alternatives for
restoring peace and stability to Afghanistan.
** Afghan War, 2001- , Afghanistan -- Strategic aspects ,
United States -- Military policy
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