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Descent into chaos : the US and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid

By:

Rashid, Ahmed

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Viking , 2008.Description: lviii, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780670019700

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DDC classification:

954.05 RAS

LOC classification:

DS371.4 .R37 2008

Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author provides a shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West . His unique knowledge of this vast and complex region allows him a panoramic vision and nuance that no Western writer can emulate. Rashid examines the region and the corridors of power in Washington and Europe to see how the promised nation building in these countries has progressed. His conclusions are devastating: An unstable and nuclear-armed Pakistan, a renewed al' Qaeda profiting from a booming opium trade, and a Taliban resurgence and reconquest.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	954.05 RAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		042286

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-461) and index.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author provides a shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West . His unique knowledge of this vast and complex region allows him a panoramic vision and nuance that no Western writer can emulate. Rashid examines the region and the corridors of power in Washington and Europe to see how the promised nation building in these countries has progressed. His conclusions are devastating: An unstable and nuclear-armed Pakistan, a renewed al' Qaeda profiting from a booming opium trade, and a Taliban resurgence and reconquest.

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