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• The Future of Afghanistan (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2009), ed. by J. Alexander Thier (PDF with commentary at usip.org)

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• Revitalizing U.S. Democracy Promotion: A Comprehensive Plan for Reform (Washington: New America Foundation, c2009), by Michael A. Cohen and Maria Figueroa Küpçü (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• Creating Democratic Societies: Values and Norms (Bulgarian Philosophical Studies, II; Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1999), ed. by Plamen Makariev, Andrew M. Blasko, and Asen Davidov (multiple formats at Google)
• Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own (Creative Commons-licensed PDF, c2008), by David Bollier (PDF with commentary at Wayback Machine)
• Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance (2003), by Archon Fung and Erik Olin Wright (PDF files at Wisconsin)
• The Pseudo-Democrat's Dilemma: Why Election Observation Became an International Norm (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, c2011), by Susan D. Hyde (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)
• The Backlash Against Democracy Assistance: A Report (2006), by National Endowment for Democracy (U.S.) (PDF at ned.org)
• Overcoming Obstacles to Peace: Local Factors in Nation-Building (c2013), by James Dobbins, Laurel Miller, Stéphanie Pézard, Christopher S. Chivvis, Julie E. Taylor, Keith Crane, Calin Trenkov-Wermuth, and Tewodaj Mengistu (multiple formats with commentary at rand.org)
• The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building (Santa Monica et al.: RAND, c2007), by James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, and Beth Cole DeGrasse (PDF and Epub with commentary at rand.org)

• Security and Democracy in Southern Africa (2007), ed. by Gavin Cawthra, André Du Pisani, and Abillah H. Omari (PDF and HTML at idrc.ca)

• The Friendly Liquidation of the Past: The Politics of Diversity in Latin America (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c2000), by Donna Lee Van Cott (page images at Pitt)

• Creating Democratic Societies: Values and Norms (Bulgarian Philosophical Studies, II; Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1999), ed. by Plamen Makariev, Andrew M. Blasko, and Asen Davidov (multiple formats at Google)

• The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq (Santa Monica, CA et al: RAND, c2005), by James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane, Andrew Rathmell, Brett D. Steele, Richard Teltschik, and Anga Timilsina (multiple formats with commentary at rand.org)
• After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush (2008), by James Dobbins, Michele A. Poole, Austin G. Long, and Benjamin Runkle (PDF with commentary at rand.org)

• The Friendly Liquidation of the Past: The Politics of Diversity in Latin America (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c2000), by Donna Lee Van Cott (page images at Pitt)

• Militarization and Demilitarization in El Salvador's Transition to Democracy (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c1997), by Philip J. Williams and Knut Walter (page images at Pitt)

• Democracy Assistance: U.S. Agencies Take Steps to Coordinate International Programs but Lack Information on Some U.S.-Funded Activities, by United States Government Accountability Office (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• How Democracy Survives: Global Challenges in the Anthropocene (London and New York: Routledge, c2023), ed. by Michael Holm and R. S. Deese
  • multiple formats with commentary at taylorfrancis.com
  • PDF with commentary at OAPEN

• The Quiet Revolution: Decentralization and the Rise of Political Participation in Latin American Cities (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c2003), by Tim Campbell (page images at Pitt)

• Reflections on the First Multi-Party Parliament, 1995-2000, by Pius Msekwa (PDF in Tanzania)

• Afghanistan: A Country Study (chapters prepared for sixth edition, published as-is in 2001), ed. by Peter R. Blood (HTML at countrystudies.us)
• Afghanistan: A Country Study (ca. 1986, with pointers to updates prior to the following edition), ed. by Richard F. Nyrop and Donald M. Seekins (HTML and PDF files at Wayback Machine)
• Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute, by Theophilus F. Rodenbough (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Adits, Caves, Karizi-Qanats, and Tunnels in Afghanistan: An Annotated Bibliography (revised edition, 2005), by Robert Lee Hadden (PDF at dtic.mil)

• Afghanistan: An Introduction to the Country and People (ca.2003), by Marine Corps Institute (U.S.) (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Cabool: A Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in That City, in the Years 1836, 7, and 8 (from the second edition; Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1843), by Alexander Burnes
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Peep into Toorkisthan (1846), by Rollo Gillespie Burslem (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Afghan Progress in the Third Year of the Plan (1959), by Afghanistan Information Bureau (PDF at Afghanistan Digital Library)

• Afghan Progress in the Third Year of the Plan (1959), by Afghanistan Information Bureau (PDF at Afghanistan Digital Library)

• Two Tales by Rudyard Kipling: The Man Who Would Be King; Without Benefit of Clergy (Boston: International Pocket Library, 1919), by Rudyard Kipling, contrib. by Wilson Follett
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Adits, Caves, Karizi-Qanats, and Tunnels in Afghanistan: An Annotated Bibliography (revised edition, 2005), by Robert Lee Hadden (PDF at dtic.mil)

• Afghanistan: The National Awakening (Lahore: Punjab Educational Press, 1958), by Mohammed Ali (PDF at Afghanistan Digital Library)
• Heroes of the Age: Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier, by David B. Edwards (HTML at UC Press)
• Afghanistan: An Introduction to the Country and People (ca.2003), by Marine Corps Institute (U.S.) (PDF at fdlp.gov)
• Afghan Progress in the Third Year of the Plan (1959), by Afghanistan Information Bureau (PDF at Afghanistan Digital Library)
• A Memoir of India and Avghanistaun, With Observations on the Present Exciting and Critical State and Future Prospects of Those Countries (Philadelphia: J. Dobson; et al., 1842), by Josiah Harlan
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Imagining Afghanistan: Global Fiction and Film of the 9/11 Wars (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2019), by Alla Ivanchikova (PDF with commentary at Purdue)

• Imagining Afghanistan: Global Fiction and Film of the 9/11 Wars (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2019), by Alla Ivanchikova (PDF with commentary at Purdue)

• Two Tales (Bloomington, IN: Text Materials Program, Indiana University, 1963), by Mohammed Yassin Nassimi (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy (2002), by Stephen D. Biddle (multiple formats at Google)

• Afghanistan: An Introduction to the Country and People (ca.2003), by Marine Corps Institute (U.S.) (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• The Valley of Bamiyan (second edition, 1967), by Nancy Hatch Dupree (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Explorations in Turkestan, by Raphael Pumpelly
  • Volume I: page images at Toyo Bunko Archive
  • Volume II: page images at Toyo Bunko Archive

• Left in the Dark: Failures of Accountability for Civilian Casualties Caused by International Military Operations in Afghanistan (2014), by Amnesty International (PDF with commentary at amnesty.org)

• Enduring Voices: Oral Histories of the U.S. Army Experience in Afghanistan, 2003-2005 (Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 2008), ed. by Christopher N. Koontz (PDF at US Army CMH)

• Detained and Denied in Afghanistan: How to Make U.S. Detention Comply With the Law (New York: Human Rights First, c2011), by Daphne Eviatar (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• Command's Responsibility: Detainee Deaths in U.S. Custody in Iraq and Afghanistan (New York: Human Rights First, 2006), by Hina Shamsi, ed. by Deborah Pearlstein (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Afghanistan, Five Years After 9/11 (2006), by United States House Committee on International Relations (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Detained and Denied in Afghanistan: How to Make U.S. Detention Comply With the Law (New York: Human Rights First, c2011), by Daphne Eviatar (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Education in Afghanistan (Washington: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961), by Abul Hassan K. Sassani (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew (hearing before the committee, August 1, 2007; Washington: GPO, 2008), by United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (page images at HathiTrust)

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