Descent into Chaos

Zusatztext "Not only provides thoughtful! detailed dissection of seminal events in Central Asian recent history! but an insightful snapshot into future scenarios of where the roadmaps to terror and peace may be headed." -Greg Mortenson! author of The New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea "Powerful." -Wolf Blitzer "Rashid! a Pakistani journalist! is that most valuable of political analysts: both insider and outsider to the problem he studies. His book should be read by anyone pondering how America might stop widening Osama bin Ladin's pool of bomb-clad volunteers." - Chicago Tribune "[A] brilliant and passionate book." - The New York Review of Books Informationen zum Autor Ahmed Rashid is a journalist who has been covering Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia for more than twenty years. He is a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal , Far Eastern Economic Review , Daily Telegraph , and The Nation , a leading newspaper in Pakistan. His #1 New York Times bestseller Taliban has been translated into more than twenty languages. Klappentext After September 11th , Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced 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 Chaos is 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. Zusammenfassung 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 policya 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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