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Descent Into Chaos
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Author : Ahmed Rashid
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Descent Into Chaos written by Ahmed Rashid and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Since 9/11, the war in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq,\ the West has been fighting a 'War on Terror', through force and through the building of new societies in the region. In this clear and devastating account, with unparalleled access and intimate knowledge of the political players, Descent into Chaoschronicles our failure. Having reported from central Asia for a quarter of a century, Ahmed Rashid shows clearly why the war in Iraq is just a sideshow to the main event. Rather, it is Pakistan,\ Afghanistan,\ and the five Central Asian states that make up the crisis zone, for it is here that terrorism and Islamic extremism are growing stronger. Documenting with precision how intimately linked Pakistan is with the Taliban and other extremist movements, while remaining the US's main ally in the region, Rashid brings into focus the role of many regional issues in supporting extremism, from nuclear programmes to local rivalries, ineffectual peace-keeping to tyrannical rulers. For Rashid, at the heart of the failure in Iraq is the US 's refusal to accept the need to build nations. Ambitious and urgent, analysing events, policies and personalities across the largest landmass in the world, Descent into Chaoschronicles with chilling accuracy why Islamic extremism is now stronger than ever.
Descent Into Chaos
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Author : Ahmed Rashid
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-02-02
Descent Into Chaos written by Ahmed Rashid and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-02 with Political Science categories.
Since 9/11, the war in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq, the West has been fighting a ‘War on Terror’, through force and through the building of new societies in the region. In this clear and devastating account, with unparalleled access and intimate knowledge of the political players, Descent into Chaos chronicles our failure. Having reported from central Asia for a quarter of a century, Ahmed Rashid shows clearly why the war in Iraq is just a sideshow to the main event. Rather, it is Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the five Central Asian states that make up the crisis zone, for it is here that terrorism and Islamic extremism are growing stronger. Documenting with precision how intimately linked Pakistan is with the Taliban and other extremist movements, while remaining the US’s main ally in the region, Rashid brings into focus the role of many regional issues in supporting extremism, from nuclear programmes to local rivalries, ineffectual peace-keeping to tyrannical rulers. For Rashid, at the heart of the failure in Iraq is the US’s refusal to accept the need to build nations. Ambitious and urgent, analyzing events, policies and personalities across the largest landmass in the world, Descent into Chaos chronicles with chilling accuracy why Islamic extremism is now stronger than ever.
Descent Into Chaos
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Author : Ahmed Rashid
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2008
Descent Into Chaos written by Ahmed Rashid and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Political Science categories.
Examines how the failure of the nation building policies of the United States have contributed to increased instability in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, a result which represents the greatest threat to peace and security in the global community.
Descent Into Chaos
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Author : Ahmed Rashid
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2009-04-07
Descent Into Chaos written by Ahmed Rashid and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-07 with Political Science categories.
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 policy—a 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.
Descent Into Chaos
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Author : Richard Michael Connaughton
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books Incorporated
Release Date : 1996
Descent Into Chaos written by Richard Michael Connaughton and has been published by Potomac Books Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Lows Gully (Sabah) categories.
In early March 1994, five exhausted and starving members of a British Army expedition emerged from Low's Gully, a five-mile-long hell hole falling away from Mount Kinabalu in the jungles of Borneo. However, the achievement of the five - mostly fit and able young British non-commissioned officers - in being the first to conquer Low's Gully, was overshadowed by the fact that the other five members of the team, two relatively old and senior British officers as the leaders and three young novice Chinese storemen and guards serving under the British military in Hong Kong, were apparently still lost in the gully. What had gone wrong and why had the group broken the golden rule for such expeditions - never split up?
Pakistan On The Brink
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Author : Ahmed Rashid
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-03-15
Pakistan On The Brink written by Ahmed Rashid and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-15 with Political Science categories.
With Bin Laden dead, Pakistan threatened by internal power struggles, relationships between the United States and Pakistan at an all-time low, and as the US and Britain begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan, what are the possibilities-and hazards-facing the world's most unstable region? Where is the Taliban now, and how do they figure in the future of Pakistan as well as Afghanistan? What does the immediate future hold, and what are the choices that Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West can make? These are some of the crucial questions that Ahmed Rashid takes on in this follow-up to his acclaimed Descent into Chaos. Rashid correctly predicted that the Iraq war would need to be refocused into Afghanistan, and that Pakistan would emerge as the leading player through which American interests and actions would have to be directed. Now, as Washington and the rest of the West wrestle with negotiating with unreliable and unstable "allies" in Pakistan, there is no better guide to the dark future than Ahmed Rashid. He focuses on the long-term problems: the changing casts of characters, the future of international terrorism, and the actual policies and strategies both within Pakistan and Afghanistan and among the Western allies. As he has done so well in the past, Pakistan on the Brink offers sensible solutions and provides a way forward for all countries involved, while the world tries to bring some stability to a fractured region saddled with a legacy of violence and corruption.
No End In Sight
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Author : Charles Ferguson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-02-23
No End In Sight written by Charles Ferguson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-23 with History categories.
The first book of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality, and anarchy, No End In Sight is a shocking story of wholesale incompetence, recklessness, and venality. Culled from over 200 hours of footage collected for the film, the book provides a candid and alarming retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials, Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. Together, these voices reveal the principal errors of U.S. policy that largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today -- and what we could and should do about them now. No End In Sight marks the first time Americans will be allowed inside the White House, Pentagon, and Baghdad's Green Zone to understand for themselves the disintegration of Iraq -- and how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war.
A Dangerous Liaison Descent Into Chaos
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Author : Leslie LeBlanc
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-06-07
A Dangerous Liaison Descent Into Chaos written by Leslie LeBlanc and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-07 with categories.
Accustomed to simple security work, Cassidy Macayla finds herself in over her head, coerced by difficult circumstances and a well-meaning employer to accept an unusual proposition: Help Special Agent Chase Averey during his recovery, and hope they don't die in the process. Danger lurks around every corner, and she has enough to worry about without the handsome, dangerous blast from the past who insists on adding to an already complicated set of circumstances.......
A Fragile Future
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Author : Ahmed Rashid
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2009-04-07
A Fragile Future written by Ahmed Rashid and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-07 with Political Science categories.
A fascinating up-to-date look at the roots of our financial crisis from the New York Times bestselling author Kevin Phillips Descent into Chaos is Ahmed Rashid's sweeping, brilliant exploration of the failure of the United States to secure peace and nourish democracy in Pakistan and Afghanistan after the removal of the Taliban following 9/11. Thoroughly researched and powerfully written, it has been hailed from all corners as one of the most important books on the effects of American policy in the Middle East to appear in some time. In this searching update, Rashid takes stock of events in Pakistan since the book's publication, including the 2008 elections, the end of the Musharraf era, and the further resurgence of the Taliban. Up from Chaos makes the convincing case that if peace is to come to central Asia, Pakistan remains the key.
Descent Into Chaos
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Author : Ahmed Rashid
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Descent Into Chaos written by Ahmed Rashid and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Afghanistan categories.
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.