| Monday 17 August 2009 - 22.30 BST - BBC TWO Presented by Kirsty Wark At the beginning of a decisive week for Afghanistan, and with images of the British soldiers who have lost their lives there in many of today's newspapers, what has been the impact of the policy of liberal intervention and "nation building" promoted particularly by the USA and Britain since 2000? Where did the seed of this philosophy lie, and where is the evidence that it works? Have the attempts to establish human rights, democracy and security been realistic or would an alternative stratgey have delivered better results? Gordon Corera will report, plus we'll be speaking to international politicians and diplomats live. Also tonight: one hundred public figures have joined calls for a High Pay Commission to curb "excessive" pay. Politicians, trade unions and academics are backing the centre-left Compass group's campaign for steps such as maximum wage ratios and taxes on bonuses. Our Political Editor Michael Crick will be considering how the political parties will respond. We have a film from Ethiopia about how the life of one man - which has been chronicled for 25 years by a British documentary maker - is emblematic of Ethiopia's recent history. Read more about that story here. And Matt Prodger will be scouring the biographies which undermine the reputations of the literary greats. Revelations in a new biography of Lord of the Flies author William Golding claim he tried to rape an underage girl, Evelyn Waugh is said to have had three homosexual affairs, and Arthur Ransome led a very exotic life, as we reported last week. So does it matter if the reputations of our literary greats are undermined? Do join Kirsty at 10.30pm on BBC Two. Follow Newsnight on Twitter. | 
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