Shape, Clear, Hold, and Build: "The Uncertain Lessons of the Afghan & Iraq Wars" By Anthony H. Cordesman

The Uncertain Lessons of Iraq & Afghanistan - CSIS

http://csis.org/publication/shape-clear-hold-and-build-uncertain-lessons-afghan-iraq-wars


Shape, Clear, Hold, and Build: "The Uncertain Lessons of the Afghan & Iraq Wars"

*
By Anthony H. Cordesman
Sep 23, 2009

The US is losing the war in Afghanistan, and we risk losing the gains we have made in Iraq, largely as a result of our own mistakes. After eight years of war, the US is still seeking to learn how to address the problems of armed nation building.