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| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
02632cam a22002294a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780670019700 (alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0670019704 (alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
954.053 |
| Item number |
RAS/D |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rashid, Ahmed |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Descent into chaos: the United States and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Ahmed Rashid |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Viking, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
lviii, 484 p.: ill., maps; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliography and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Title |
Countries and Cities of Central Asia -- |
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Ethnic Distribution Within Pakistan and Afghanistan -- |
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Afghan Provinces and Federally Administered Tribal Areas -- |
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NATO Deployment and Provincial Reconstruction Team Locations in Afghanistan, 2007 -- |
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Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan, 2007 -- |
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Military Offensives Launched by the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 2007-2008 -- |
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Introduction: Imperial Overreach and Nation Building -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
Part 1. |
| Title |
9/11 and War -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
1. |
| Title |
A Man With a Mission: The Unending Conflict in Afghanistan -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
2. |
| Title |
"The U.S. Will Act Like a Wounded Bear": Pakistan's Long Search for Its Soul -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
3. |
| Title |
The Chief Executive's Schizophrenia: Pakistan, the United Nations, and the United States Before 9/11 -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
4. |
| Title |
Attack!: Retaliation and Invasion -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
5. |
| Title |
The Search for a Settlement: Afghanistan and Pakistan at Odds -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
Part 2. |
| Title |
The Politics of the Post-9/11 World -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
6. |
| Title |
A Nuclear State of Mind: India, Pakistan, and the War of Permanent Instability -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
7. |
| Title |
The One-Billion-Dollar Warlords: The War Within Afghanistan -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
8. |
| Title |
Musharraf's Lost Moment: Political Expediency and Authoritarian Rule -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
Part 3. |
| Title |
The Failure of Nation Building -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
9. |
| Title |
Afghanistan I: Economic Reconstruction -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
10. |
| Title |
Afghanistan II: Rebuilding Security -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
11. |
| Title |
Double-Dealing with Islamic Extremism: Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
12. |
| Title |
Taliban Resurgent: The Taliban Return Home -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
Part 4. |
| Title |
Descent Into Chaos -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
13. |
| Title |
Al Qaeda's Bolt-Hole: Pakistan's Tribal Areas -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
14. |
| Title |
America Shows the Way: The Disappeared and the Rendered -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
15. |
| Title |
Drugs and Thugs: Opium Fuels the Insurgency -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
16. |
| Title |
Who Lost Uzbekistan?: Tyranny in Central Asia -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
17. |
| Title |
The Taliban Offensive: Battling for Control of Afghanistan, 2006-2007 -- |
| Miscellaneous information |
18. |
| Title |
Conclusion: The Death of an Icon and a Fragile Future. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT |
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| Keyword |
Nation-building |
| Geographic subdivision |
South Asia. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Afghanistan |
| General subdivision |
Politics and government |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Pakistan |
| General subdivision |
Politics and government |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
South Asia |
| General subdivision |
Relations |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Relations |
| Geographic subdivision |
South Asia. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
General Books |
