Descent into chaos : the U.S. and the disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

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Descent into chaos : the U.S. and the disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

Ahmed Rashid

Penguin Books, 2009

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"With a new final chapter"--Front cover

Originally published by Viking Penguin in 2008. This edition with a new chapter published in Penguin Books 2009

Includes bibliographical references and index

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The classic account of America's experience in Afghanistan, explaining the rise of the Taliban in the aftermath of America's failed war on terrorism--essential reading to understand the collapse in Afghanistan today. "[A] brilliant and passionate book."-The New York Review of Books A blistering critique of American policy-a dire and prescient warning predicting how our disastrous strategies in Central Asia's failing states threaten global stability and will bring devastation to our world. After September 11th, Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this 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. The essential briefing book to understand today's catastrophic headlines.

目次

Descent into ChaosMaps 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 Part One: 9/11 And War 1. A Man With A Mission The Unending Conflict in Afghanistan 2. "The U.S. Will Act Like a Wounded Bear" Pakistan's Long Search for Its Soul 3. The Chief Executive's Schizophrenia Pakistan, the United Nations, and the United States Before 9/11 4. Attack! Retaliation and Invasion 5. The Search for a Settlement Afghanistan and Pakistan at Odds Part Two: The Politics of the Post-9/11 World 6. A Nuclear State of Mind India, Pakistan, and the War of Permanent Instability 7. The One-Billion-Dollar Warlords The War Within Afghanistan 8. Musharraf's Lost Moment Political Expediency and Authoritarian Rule Part Three: The Failure of Nation Building 9. Afghanistan I Economic Reconstruction 10. Afghanistan II Rebuilding Security 11. Double-Dealing with Islamic Extremism Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan 12. Taliban Resurgent The Taliban Return Home Part Four: Descent Into Chaos 13. Al Qaeda's Bolt-Hole Pakistan's Tribal Areas 14. America Shows The Way The Disappeared and the Rendered 15. Drugs and Thugs Opium Fuels the Insurgency 16. Who Lost Uzbekistan? Tyranny in Central Asia 17. The Taliban Offensive Battling for Control of Afghanistan, 2006-2007 18. The Death of an Icon Pakistan Struggles to Survive 19. Conclusion A Fragile Future Acknowledgments Notes Suggested Reading Index

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