TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rashid,Ahmed
TI  - Descent into chaos: the United States and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
SN  - 9780670019700 (alk. paper)
U1  - 954.053 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Nation-building
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Relations
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliography and index; 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 --; Introduction: Imperial Overreach and Nation Building --; Part 1; 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 2; 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 3; 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 4; 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; Conclusion: The Death of an Icon and a Fragile Future
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