Katrin Park argues that the UN should own up to its failures in Afghanistan's postwar reconstruction and that unconditional spending has to end.
Bing West talks counterinsurgency policy and his latest book, One Million Steps, the story of a platoon of U.S. Marines he embedded with as they engaged in one of the most important and deadly battles of the war in Afghanistan.
Helen Thorpe, author of Soldier Girls, discusses the male-dominated culture of the military, life for women deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and sexual violence in the military.
Chris Miller argues that the roots of failure in Afghan nation building lie in an unfinished war and an underestimated will for independence among Afghans -- mistakes America has made before.
Arnold R. Isaacs reviews I Am The Beggar of the World, a new book of poetry on the war in Afghanistan by ethnic Pashtuns.
