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Title: FROM AFRICA TO AFGHANISTAN
WITH RICHARDS AND NATO TO KABUL
By: Greg Mills, Rory Stewart (Foreword)
Format: Paperback

List price: £37.95


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ISBN 10: 186814450X
ISBN 13: 9781868144501
Publisher: WITS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 15 May, 2007
Pages: 260
Description: Details Greg Mills' four months as special adviser to General David Richards, the British Commander of the Ninth International Security Assistance Force (ISAF IX) in Afghanistan, to help establish and run a civilian think-tank, the Prism Group, within the headquarters in Kabul.
Synopsis: "From Africa to Afghanistan" details Greg Mills' four months as special adviser to General David Richards, the British Commander of the Ninth International Security Assistance Force (ISAF IX) in Afghanistan, to help establish and run a civilian think-tank, the Prism Group, within the headquarters in Kabul.It highlights the difficulty of rebuilding a failed state through external assistance, a lesson which translates across borders and continents to Africa and elsewhere.Mills, the 'adventurer-academic' and 'soldier-analyst', has managed to write a book that is entertaining, informative and thought-provoking all at the same time.
Illustrations: colour section illustrations
Publication: South Africa
Imprint: Wits University Press
Returns: Returnable
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