From the Book - First edition.
"If I see somebody planting an IED ..." : Afghanistan, 2009
"Lord King, how I wish that you were wise" : mirrors for princes, ca. 700-1516
Hearing the people's complaints : Kandahar to Kabul, 2001-2009
Nonkinetic targeting : Kabul, 2009
Vertically integrated criminal syndicates : Kabul, Garmisch, 2009-2010
Revolt against kleptocracy : the Arab spring : Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, 2011
Variation 1: The (overlooked) military-kleptocratic complex : Egypt, ca. 2010
Variation 2: The bureaucratic kleptocracy : Tunisia, ca. 2010
Variation 3: The post-Soviet kleptocratic autocracy : Uzbekistan, ca. 2013
Variation 4: The resource kleptocracy : Nigeria, ca. 2014
Up a level : Afghanistan and Washington, June 2010-January 2011
Forging an appeal on Earth : The Netherlands, England, America, ca. 1560-1787
Epilogue: Self-reflection