South Asia

摘要

Veteran British diplomat Sherard Cowper-Coles's Cables from Kabul is a remarkably refreshing and provocative insider's view of the diplomatic and military conduct of the war in Afghanistan and the steps needed to bring it to an acceptable conclusion. The author, who served from 2007 to 2010 as Her Majesty's Ambassador to Kabul and, subsequently, as Britain's special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, offers specialists and the general public alike a fascinating mix of personal vignettes, political analysis and policy prescriptions presented with great wit and not a little irony.