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Book SynopsisAdapting in the Dust is a vital evaluation of how well Canada's institutions, parties, and policy makers responded to the need to oversee and sustain a military intervention overseas.
Trade Review"Adapting In The Dust is a pointed addition to the first wave of literature that examines whether we should have been in Afghanistan at all." -- Tom Korski Blacklock's Reporter, Saturday, February 27, 2016
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Alone in Kandahar? Canada in Comparative Perspective Chapter 3: Considering the Kandahar Conundrum Chapter 4: The Power of Minority Government: Manipulating the Confused and Those Who Cannot Coalesce Chapter 5: The Problematic Parliament: Detainees, Information Asymmetries, and a Misplaced Focus Chapter 6: Whole of Government or Holes in Government? Chapter 7: The Canadian Forces: Winners? Chapter 8: Where Are the Canadians? The Public and the Media Chapter 9: Learning Lessons and Drawing Conclusions
