Contents -- Preface -- Select List of Acronyms -- Map -- 1. Introduction: Framing the War in Afghanistan - Stephen M. Grenier -- Part I. A fghan Government and Nonstate Actors -- 2. The Afghan Government at War - S. Rebecca Zimmerman -- 3. Warlords and the Coalition in Afghanistan - Romain Malejacq -- Part II. Western Hemisphere -- 4. United States: Examining America's Longest War - Stephen M. Grenier -- 5. Canada: The Evolution of a New Canadian Way of War - Howard G. Coombs -- 6. El Salvador: Exporting Security in the National Interest - Rebecca Bill Chavez -- Part III. Europe -- 7. Germany: The Legacy of the War in Afghanistan - Gale A. Mattox -- 8. The United Kingdom: Innocence Lost in the War in Afghanistan? - Andrew M. Dorman -- 9. France: Vigilant Pragmatism in Afghanistan - Nicolas Fescharek -- 10. The Netherlands: To Fight, or Not to Fight? The Rise and Fall of a Smaller Power - Rem Korteweg -- 11. The Visegrad Four: Achieving Long-Term Security Through Alliance Support - Marybeth P. Ulrich -- 12. Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: The UK, Dutch, German, and French Cases - John A. Nagl and Richard Weitz -- 13. North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Transformation Under Fire - Jack J. Porter -- Part IV. The Middle East and Asia -- 14. Jordan and the United Arab Emirates: Arab Partners in Afghanistan - Daniel P. Brown and Ariel I. Ahram -- 15. Japan: A New Self-Defense Force Role . . . or Not? - Takamichi Takahashi -- 16. Australia: Terrorism, Regional Security, and the US Alliance - Maryanne Kelton and Aaron P. Jackson -- 17. New Zealand: Fostering the US -New Zealand Relationship - Robert Ayson -- Part V. Regional Actors -- 18. Pakistan: A Tale of Two Allies - Timothy D. Hoyt -- 19. Russia: Friend or Foe on Afghanistan? - Renanah Miles -- 20. Going Forward: Lessons Learned - Gale A. Mattox.

Appendix A: International Security Assistance Force Contributing Nations, 2001-2014 -- Appendix B: Coalition Fatalities in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 -- Contributors -- Index.