Books of The Times: The Choices That Closed a Window Into Afghanistan

The slender window for securing a stable democracy in Afghanistan began to close, and by 2006, Mr. Jones writes, a “perfect storm of political upheaval” had gathered, with several crises ominously converging: 'In the Graveyard of Empires' (America’s War in Afghanistan By Seth G. Jones)
Excerpt: ‘In the Graveyard of Empires’