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Descent into Chaos : The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanis...
ISBN: 9780670019700 | 0670019704
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Viking Adult
Pub. Date: 6/3/2008
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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. Ahmed Rashid is aPakistanas best and bravest reportera (Christopher Hitchens). His unique knowledge of this vast and complex region allows him a panoramic vision and nuance that no Western writer can emulate. His book Taliban first introduced American readers to the brutal regime that hijacked Afghanistan and harbored the terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Now, Rashid exa... MORE
| Maps | |
| Countries and Cities of Central Asia | p. XVI |
| Ethnic Distribution Within Pakistan and Afghanistan | p. XVIII |
| Afghan Provinces and Federally Administered Tribal Areas | p. XIX |
| NATO Deployment and Provincial Reconstruction Team Locations in Afghanistan, 2007 | p. XX |
| Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan, 2007 | p. XXI |
| Military Offensives Launched by the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanista... MORE | p. XXII |
| Glossary | p. XXIII |
| Acronyms | p. XXXV |
| Introduction: Imperial Overreach and Nation Building | p. XXXVII |
| 9/11 and War | |
| A Man With a Mission: The Unending Conflict in Afghanistan | p. 3 |
| "The U.S. Will Act Like a Wounded Bear": Pakistan's Long Search for Its Soul | p. 24 |
| The Chief Executive's Schizophrenia: Pakistan, the United Nations, and the United States Before 9/11 | p. 44 |
| Attack!: Retaliation and Invasion | p. 61 |
| The Search for a Settlement: Afghanistan and Pakistan at Odds | p. 84 |
| The Politics of the Post-9/11 World | |
| A Nuclear State of Mind: India, Pakistan, and the War of Permanent Instability | p. 109 |
| The One-Billion-Dollar Warlords: The War Within Afghanistan | p. 125 |
| Musharraf's Lost Moment: Political Expediency and Authoritarian Rule | p. 145 |
| The Failure of Nation Building | |
| Afghanistan I: Economic Reconstruction | p. 171 |
| Afghanistan II: Rebuilding Security | p. 196 |
| Double-Dealing with Islamic Extremism: Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan | p. 219 |
| Taliban Resurgent: The Taliban Return Home | p. 240 |
| Descent Into Chaos | |
| Al Qaeda's Bolt-Hole: Pakistan's Tribal Areas | p. 265 |
| America Shows the Way: The Disappeared and the Rendered | p. 293 |
| Drugs and Thugs: Opium Fuels the Insurgency | p. 317 |
| Who Lost Uzbekistan?: Tyranny in Central Asia | p. 338 |
| The Taliban Offensive: Battling for Control of Afghanistan, 2006-2007 | p. 349 |
| Conclusion: The Death of an Icon and a Fragile Future | p. 374 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 405 |
| Notes | p. 407 |
| Suggested Reading | p. 457 |
| Index | p. 463 |
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Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist based in Lahore who writes for the The Washington Post, Daily Telegraph (London), the International Herald Tribune, The New York Review of Books, BBC Online, and The Nation. His previous books include Jihad, Taliban, and The Resurgence of Cetral Asia. He appears regularly on NPR, CNN, and the BBC World Service.
