数量xxiv, 312 p., [16] p. of plates : ; 24 cm.
一般注記Part I : Beginnings -- 1. An offer I couldn't refuse -- 2. First impressions -- 3. Helmandshire -- 4. "A marathon rather than a sprint" -- 5. Breather break -- Part II : Hope over experience -- 6. A king's funeral -- 7. The spreading virus -- 8. The great game- round four -- 9. Hooked on drugs -- 10. Coping in Kabul -- 11. Highland fling : Karzai in Scotland -- 12. Mr. Brown comes to town -- Part III : Against an ebbing tide -- 13. Reversal of fortune -- 14. "We are winning- only it doesn't feel like it" -- 15. The Karzai conundrum -- 16. Cracking on in Helmand -- 17. Afghan attitudes -- 18. Waiting for Obama -- Part IV : Tactics without strategy : One last heave -- 19. Biden and beyond -- 20. Au revoir Afghanistan -- 21. Richard Holbrooke's flying circus -- 22. Where's Dick? -- Part V : Recessional -- 23. Embassy encore -- 24. Untying the knot -- 25. Three lessons learned -- 26. Back to the future.