Descent into chaos : how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia/
RASHID Ahmed
Descent into chaos : how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia/ Ahmed Rashid - London : Allen Lane, 2008 - lviii, 484 p.
The main theme of this book is that America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been costly financial and political failures. Furthermore in not recognising the need to support nation building the USA has inadvertently provided fuel for the rise of Islamic extremism and terrorism which may yet explode across Central Asia including nuclear armed Pakistan. The book covers Afghan warlords, drug production, conflicting American and British policies, Pakistan, the Taliban, and Uzbekistan.
9780713998436 (hbk) : 25.00 GBP
CENTRAL ASIA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
PAKISTAN--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
TERRORISM--PAKISTAN
TERRORISM--AFGHANSITAN
TERRORISM--CENTRAL ASIA
AFGHANISTAN--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
UNITED STATES--FOREIGN POLICY--AFGHANISTAN
UNITED STATES--FOREIGN POLICY--PAKISTAN
UNITED STATES--WAR ON TERROR
Descent into chaos : how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia/ Ahmed Rashid - London : Allen Lane, 2008 - lviii, 484 p.
The main theme of this book is that America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been costly financial and political failures. Furthermore in not recognising the need to support nation building the USA has inadvertently provided fuel for the rise of Islamic extremism and terrorism which may yet explode across Central Asia including nuclear armed Pakistan. The book covers Afghan warlords, drug production, conflicting American and British policies, Pakistan, the Taliban, and Uzbekistan.
9780713998436 (hbk) : 25.00 GBP
CENTRAL ASIA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
PAKISTAN--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
TERRORISM--PAKISTAN
TERRORISM--AFGHANSITAN
TERRORISM--CENTRAL ASIA
AFGHANISTAN--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
UNITED STATES--FOREIGN POLICY--AFGHANISTAN
UNITED STATES--FOREIGN POLICY--PAKISTAN
UNITED STATES--WAR ON TERROR