Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. 1. Introduction: Military Adaptation in War 1
7. 2. The Great Game and the Quagmire: Military Adaptation in the British and Soviet Wars in Afghanistan, 1839 –1989 24
8. 3. Into the Great Wadi: The United States and the War in Afghanistan 51
9. 4. ISAF and NATO : Campaign Innovation and Organizational Adaptation 83
10. 5. Back from the Brink: British Military Adaptation and the Struggle for Helmand, 2006–2011 108
11. 6. The Military Metier: Second Order Adaptation and the Danish Experience in Task Force Helmand 136
12. 7. Soft Power, the Hard Way: Adaptation by the Netherlands’ Task Force Uruzgan 159
13. 8. Mission Command without a Mission: German Military Adaptation in Afghanistan 192
14. 9. Canadian Forces in Afghanistan: Minority Government and Generational Change while under Fire 219
15. 10. Military Adaptation by the Taliban, 2002–2011 242
16. 11. Shoulder-to-Shoulder Fighting Different Wars: NATO Advisors and Military Adaptation in the Afghan National Army, 2001–2011 263
17. 12. Conclusion: Military Adaptation and the War in Afghanistan 288
18. Index 329