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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long were the circuits McChrystal would run while listening to audio books?
2. When did Trump deliver a speech to announce his strategy for the war in Afghanistan?
3. In Chapter 19, within three months after Trump agreed to keep the troop increase in Afghanistan open-ended, how many additional troops were sent?
4. When was Panetta in Afghanistan for a visit when an Afghan assailant drove a stolen truck onto the tarmac and tried to run over a U.S. Marine general and others in Panetta's welcoming party?
5. In Chapter 20, how many people were estimated to live in Helmand?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was it difficult to hold opium drug lords accountable?
2. Why were transportation costs high for the supplies the U.S. military needed?
3. What public image did Petraeus and McChrystal have?
4. How did insider assaults increase in 2012?
5. After bin Laden was killed, what did Panetta tell reporters about how his death affected the war on terror?
6. How and why did Karzai steal the 2009 election?
7. What opportunities had the U.S. missed to talk peace with the Taliban?
8. What information did Sherkhan Farnood provide U.S. officials about the Kabul Bank?
9. How did the owner of a construction firm profit from sabotage?
10. What problems were there with the quality of the Afghan recruits?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Obama promised to end the war. How and why did he and his administration backpedal on that commitment?
Essay Topic 2
There were major cultural differences between the U.S. and Afghanistan. What were those differences, and how did they create challenges in communication and trust-building?
Essay Topic 3
Craig Whitlock is an investigative reporter for the Washington Post and has served as a foreign correspondent, Pentagon reporter, and national security specialist. Why did Whitlock write The Afghanistan Papers?
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