Reading Lists for Afghanistan War

There are lots of recommended reading lists that have been compiled and disseminated over the past several years for the Afghan War.  Think tanks, government agencies, the Pentagon, and military units have all drawn up recommended books and publications for privates, generals, civilian contractors, State Department officials and others heading to Afghanistan.  A recent news article discusses the nature of the recommended books.  He compares the number of books published during the Vietnam era with the number of books published about the Afghan War - and notes that there was twice as many books published on Vietnam.  Not only that, but he notes that the main topic of books during the Vietnam era was about how wrong the war was, how badly it was being fought, and how to exit.  The majority of the books on Afghanistan are about how to fight the war better; specifically how to employ the doctrine of Counterinsurgency or COIN in Afghanistan.  Read his article here - "Getting the Right Read on America's Afghan War", CBS News, October 15, 2010.  See Amazon.com for a listing of books about counterinsurgency.