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082	0	0	_a954.053 _bRAS/D
100	1		_aRashid, Ahmed _920350
245	1	0	_aDescent into chaos: the United States and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia / _cAhmed Rashid
260			_aNew York: _bViking, _c2008.
300			_alviii, 484 p.: ill., maps; _c25 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliography and index.
505	0	0	_tCountries and Cities of Central Asia -- _tEthnic Distribution Within Pakistan and Afghanistan -- _tAfghan Provinces and Federally Administered Tribal Areas -- _tNATO Deployment and Provincial Reconstruction Team Locations in Afghanistan, 2007 -- _tOpium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan, 2007 -- _tMilitary Offensives Launched by the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 2007-2008 -- _tIntroduction: Imperial Overreach and Nation Building -- _gPart 1. _t9/11 and War -- _g1. _tA Man With a Mission: The Unending Conflict in Afghanistan -- _g2. _t"The U.S. Will Act Like a Wounded Bear": Pakistan's Long Search for Its Soul -- _g3. _tThe Chief Executive's Schizophrenia: Pakistan, the United Nations, and the United States Before 9/11 -- _g4. _tAttack!: Retaliation and Invasion -- _g5. _tThe Search for a Settlement: Afghanistan and Pakistan at Odds -- _gPart 2. _tThe Politics of the Post-9/11 World -- _g6. _tA Nuclear State of Mind: India, Pakistan, and the War of Permanent Instability -- _g7. _tThe One-Billion-Dollar Warlords: The War Within Afghanistan -- _g8. _tMusharraf's Lost Moment: Political Expediency and Authoritarian Rule -- _gPart 3. _tThe Failure of Nation Building -- _g9. _tAfghanistan I: Economic Reconstruction -- _g10. _tAfghanistan II: Rebuilding Security -- _g11. _tDouble-Dealing with Islamic Extremism: Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan -- _g12. _tTaliban Resurgent: The Taliban Return Home -- _gPart 4. _tDescent Into Chaos -- _g13. _tAl Qaeda's Bolt-Hole: Pakistan's Tribal Areas -- _g14. _tAmerica Shows the Way: The Disappeared and the Rendered -- _g15. _tDrugs and Thugs: Opium Fuels the Insurgency -- _g16. _tWho Lost Uzbekistan?: Tyranny in Central Asia -- _g17. _tThe Taliban Offensive: Battling for Control of Afghanistan, 2006-2007 -- _g18. _tConclusion: The Death of an Icon and a Fragile Future.
650		0	_aNation-building _zSouth Asia. _919885
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xPolitics and government _910861
651		0	_aPakistan _xPolitics and government _920269
651		0	_aSouth Asia _xRelations _zUnited States. _920351
651		0	_aUnited States _xRelations _zSouth Asia. _920352
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