[Book Review] The Quiet Violence of Empire: How USAID Waged Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: Wesley Attewell. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2023. xii and 300 pp., notes, index. $108.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-5179-0789-1), $27.00 paper (ISBN 978-1-5179-0790-7)

Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto; Xiaofeng Liu; Kevin Lo; Lisa Bhungaliad; Wesley Attewella

doi:10.1080/2325548x.2024.2389781

[Book Review] The Quiet Violence of Empire: How USAID Waged Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: Wesley Attewell. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2023. xii and 300 pp., notes, index. $108.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-5179-0789-1), $27.00 paper (ISBN 978-1-5179-0790-7)

Benjamin Lucca Iaquinto^*
, Xiaofeng Liu
, Kevin Lo
, Lisa Bhungaliad
, Wesley Attewella

^*Corresponding author for this work

Academy of Geography, Sociology and International Studies

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Publication status	Published - Jan 2025

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Iaquinto, B. L., Liu, X., Lo, K., Bhungaliad, L., & Attewella, W. (2025). [Book Review] The Quiet Violence of Empire: How USAID Waged Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: Wesley Attewell. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2023. xii and 300 pp., notes, index. $108.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-5179-0789-1), $27.00 paper (ISBN 978-1-5179-0790-7). The AAG Review of Books, 13(1), 35-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/2325548x.2024.2389781

Iaquinto, Benjamin Lucca ; Liu, Xiaofeng ; Lo, Kevin et al. / [Book Review] The Quiet Violence of Empire: How USAID Waged Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan : Wesley Attewell. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2023. xii and 300 pp., notes, index. $108.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-5179-0789-1), $27.00 paper (ISBN 978-1-5179-0790-7). In: The AAG Review of Books. 2025 ; Vol. 13, No. 1. pp. 35-43.

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Iaquinto BL, Liu X, Lo K, Bhungaliad L, Attewella W. [Book Review] The Quiet Violence of Empire: How USAID Waged Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: Wesley Attewell. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2023. xii and 300 pp., notes, index. $108.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-5179-0789-1), $27.00 paper (ISBN 978-1-5179-0790-7). The AAG Review of Books. 2025 Jan;13(1):35-43. Epub 2024 Sept 23. doi: 10.1080/2325548x.2024.2389781

[Book Review] The Quiet Violence of Empire: How USAID Waged Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: Wesley Attewell. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2023. xii and 300 pp., notes, index. $108.00 cloth (ISBN 978-1-5179-0789-1), $27.00 paper (ISBN 978-1-5179-0790-7)

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