The asphalt ribbon of Afghanistan : rebuilding the Kabul-to-Kandahar highway / by Xavier A. Cronin ; introduction by Andrew S. Natsios

Author:: Cronin, Xavier A.
Published:: Washington, D.C. : Louis Berger Group, Inc., [2010]
Copyright Date:: ©2010
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: xii, 200 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Additional Creators:: Natsios, Andrew S.

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Contents:

From Alexander the Great to The Louis Berger Group -- December 2001 : on the ground in Kabul -- 2002 : 'Rehabilitation' begins -- 'Failure ain't an option' -- Mines and unexploded ordnance -- Summer acceleration -- Rolling into fall : paving the road -- Epilogue : 'A beautiful road' -- The celebrations -- Tributes and profiles. Jim Myers -- Mark Humphries -- Gigi Barattin -- Sayed Hashemyan -- Tariq Nazarwall -- Chronology.

Summary:

In September 2002, a civil engineering firm, The Louis Berger Group, won a contract with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to rebuild and repair many of Afghanistan's roads. Highway One emerged as the country's signature rebuilding project. This publication tells how The Louis Berger Group led the effort to rebuild and pave this highway in one of the poorest and most violent countries on the planet.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200).

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