TY  - BOOK
AU  - RASHID Ahmed
TI  - Descent into chaos: how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia
SN  - 9780713998436 (hbk) :
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - CENTRAL ASIA
KW  - POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
KW  - PAKISTAN
KW  - TERRORISM
KW  - AFGHANSITAN
KW  - AFGHANISTAN
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - FOREIGN POLICY
KW  - WAR ON TERROR
N2  - 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
ER  -