Descent into Chaos The U. S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

Name: Descent into Chaos The U. S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780143115571

ISBN-10: 014311557X

ISBN-13: 9780143115571

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ahmed Rashid

List price: $24.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy used: $7.87

Buy new: $21.31

Marketplace

3 new & used from $2.82

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

After September 11th , Ahmed Rashid’s crucial book Talibanintroduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this new work, he returns to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia to review the catastrophic aftermath of America’s failed war on terror. Called “Pakistan’s best and bravest reporter” by Christopher Hitchens, Rashid has shown himself to be a voice of reason amid the chaos of present-day Central Asia. Descent Into Chaosis his blistering critique of American policy—a dire warning and an impassioned call to correct these disasterous strategies before these failing states threaten global stability and bring devastation to our world.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/7/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 5.52" wide x 8.38" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Pakistani journalist and bestselling author Ahmed Rashid was born in Rawalpindi in 1948. He was educated at Malvern College in England, Government College in Lahore, and Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge. He works as a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph and writes for the Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and academic journals. His titles include Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia, and Descent into Chaos.



Maps


Countries and Cities of Central Asia


Ethnic Distribution Within Pakistan and Afghanistan


Afghan Provinces and Federally Administered Tribal Areas


NATO Deployment and Provincial Reconstruction Team Locations in Afghanistan, 2007


Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan, 2007


Military Offensives Launched by the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 2007-2008


Glossary


Acronyms


Introduction Imperial Overreach and Nation Building



9/11 And War



A Man With A Mission The Unending Conflict in Afghanistan



"The U.S. Will Act Like A Wounded Bear" Pakistan's Long Search for Its Soul



The Chief Executive's Schizophrenia Pakistan, the United Nations, and the United States Before 9/11



Attack! Retaliation and Invasion



The Search For A Settlement Afghanistan and Pakistan at Odds



The Politics Of The Post-9/11 World



A Nuclear State Of Mind India, Pakistan, and the War Of Permanent Instability



The One-Billion-Dollar Warlords The War Within Afghanistan



Musharraf's Lost Moment Political Expediency and Authoritarian Rule



The Failure Of Nation Building



Afghanistan I Economic Reconstruction



Afghanistan II Rebuilding Security



Double-Dealing With Islamic Extremism Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan



Taliban Resurgent The Taliban Return Home



Descent Into Chaos



Al Qaeda's Bolt-Hole Pakistan's Tribal Areas



America Shows The Way The Disappeared and the Rendered



Drugs And Thugs Opium Fuels the Insurgency



Who Lost Uzbekistan? Tyranny in Central Asia



The Taliban Offensive Battling for Control of Afghanistan, 2006-2007



The Death Of Anicon Pakistan Struggles to Survive



Conclusion A Fragile Future


Acknowledgments


Notes


Suggested Reading


Index