{"product_id":"afghan-lessons-9780815724230","title":"Afghan Lessons","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFernando Gentilini served nearly two years as the civilian representative of NATO in Afghanistan, running a counterinsurgency campaign in the wartorn nation. \u003ci\u003eAfghan Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e is the fascinating story of his mission, a firsthand view of Afghanistan through a kaleidoscope. He explores Afghan history, literature, tradition, and culture to understand some of the most basic questions of Western involvement: What is the purpose? What does an international presence mean, and how can it help?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlights from Afghan Lessons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about different worlds, different realities. The reality of everyday life in an unreal world. People that need to be looked after, jobs that need to be done, a country that needs to be restored, all from within the necessary confines of an armed camp. And this in the middle of another reality, which we do not understand, full of things forgotten under decades of war. The keys to this reality lie in the past, perhaps lost. from the Fore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038488363351,"sku":"9780815724230","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780815724230.jpg?v=1750940439","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/afghan-lessons-9780815724230","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}