Descent into chaos : the United States and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid.
Rashid, Ahmed.
2008
DS371.4 .R37 2008 (Mapit)
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Descent into chaos : the United States and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid.
Author
Rashid, Ahmed.
ISBN
9780670019700 (alk. paper)
0670019704 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New York : Viking, 2008.
Language
English
Description
lviii, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
DS371.4 .R37 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
954.05/3
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-461) and index.
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Introduction. Imperial overreach and nation building
Pt. I. 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
Pt. II. The politics of the post-9/11 world
6. A nuclear state of mind : India, Pakistan, and the war of permanent instability
7. Musharraf's lost moment : political expediency and authoritarian rule
Pt. III. The failure of nation building
9. Afghanistan I : economic reconstruction
10. Afghanistan II : rebuilding security
11. Double-dealing with Islamic extremism : al Queda and the Taliban in Pakistan
12. Taliban resurgent : the Taliban return home
Pt. IV. Descent into chaos
13. Al Queda'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. Conclusion : the death of an icon and a fragile future.

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