Soft Side of Iraq/ Afghanistan Wars

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(1) The Iraqi Currency Surge. Boston Globe, Aug. 8, 2010.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/08/08/have_less_give_more/

My comment:
(a) The SECOND item in Kevin Lewis' Sunday column titled Uncommon Knowledge:
Surprising insights from the social sciences.
(b) This piece cites

Berck, P. & Lipow, J., “Did Monetary Forces Help Turn the Tide in Iraq?”
Defense & Security Analysis, 26: 181-188 (June 2010).
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a924715633~db=all~jumptype=rss
("This Article does not have an abstract")


(2) Elizabeth Bumiller, Unlikely Tutor Giving Military Afghan Advice. New
York Times, July 18, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/asia/18tea.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Three%20Cups%20of%20Tea&st=cse

Note:     Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Three Cups of Tea: One Man'
s Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time. Penguin, 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Cups_of_Tea
("The book's title comes from a Balti proverb: "The first time you share tea
with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an
honored guest. The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family..."-
-citing p. 150 of the book)

My comment: The book is similar to 希望工程, see
中国青少年发展基金会
http://www.cydf.org.cn/
, but of course Pakistani and Afghans are MUCH poorer.

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