Contents
Introduction by Professor Hew Strachan
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Script and Its Cast
Chapter 2 Civil Military Decision-makers within Their Theoretical Context
Chapter 3 The Analytical Prism
Chapter 4 The context: From Regime Change, to Peace Building, to Countering Insurgents: Stabilising Afghanistan
Chapter 5 Case Study: The Decision Path to Uruzgan
Chapter 6 Case Study: The Decision Path to Helmand
Chapter 7 Cross-Case Analysis: A Powerful Idea Meets a Window of Opportunity
Chapter 8 Findings Inescapable Entrapments: Informal Action Channels, and Path Dependent Reasoning
Chapter 9 Avenues for Future Research: Bridging the Theory-Practice Nexus in Strategic Studies
Notes
Bibliography
List of Respondents
Index