Bibliograph

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

Type

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Descent into chaos

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographypatent document

Oclc number

449201320

Responsibility statement

Ahmed Rashid

Sub title

the US and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

Summary

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. While Iraq continues to attract most of American media and military might, Rashid argues that Pakistan and Afghanistan are where the conflict will finally be played out and that these failing states pose a graver threat to global security than the Middle East.--From publisher description

Target audience

adult

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