Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-327) and index.
Contents
Election day -- What you don't know will kill you -- The tender soldier -- Maiwand -- The anthropology of us and them -- Hearts and minds -- Crime and punishment -- Good intentions -- The devil you don't know.
Summary
Part of the Pentagon's most daring and controversial attempt since Vietnam to bring social science to the Afghanistan battlefield, three tough-minded American civilians find their humanity tested and their lives forever changed by this little-known mission.