From Africa to Afganistan: With Richards and NATO to Kabul

From Africa to Afghanistan details Greg Mills’ four months as special adviser to the Commander of the Ninth International Security Assistance Force (ISAF IX) in Afghanistan to help establish and run a civilian think-tank, the Prism Group, within the headquarters in Kabul. It highlights the difficulty of rebuilding a failed state through external assistance, a lesson which translates across borders and continents to Africa and elsewhere. Mills, the "adventurer-academic" and "soldier-analyst," has managed to write a title that is entertaining, informative and thought-provoking all at the same time.