Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Introduction 9
4. Acknowledgements 15
5. 1 Introduction: The Script and Its Cast 19
6. 2 Civil-Military Decision-makers within their Theoretical Context 31
7. 3 The Analytical Prism 49
8. 4 From Regime Change, to Peace Building, to Countering Insurgents: stabilising Afghanistan 61
9. 5 The Decision Path to Uruzgan 71
10. 6 The Decision Path to Helmand 117
11. 7 Cross-Case Analysis: A Powerful Idea Meets a Window of Opportunity 155
12. 8 Findings Inescapable Entrapments: Informal Action Channels, and Path-Dependent Reasoning 173
13. 9 Avenues for Future Research: Bridging the Theory-Practice Nexus in Strategic Studies 179
14. List of respondents Research Grandia Mantas 2010-2014 193
15. Bibliography 201
16. Notes 229
17. Index 289