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Cato Weekly Podcast • June 18, 2018 

# War State, Trauma State (Part One) 

The U.S. mission in Afghanistan may have been compromised before it began. Decades of trauma visited upon people in Afghanistan may have left the country a poor candidate for reform. Erik Goepner is author of “[War State, Trauma State](https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/war-state-trauma-state-why-afghanistan-remains-stuck-conflict),” a new Cato Institute paper.

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##### [Erik Goepner](/people/erik-goepner)

Former Adjunct Scholar 

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

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