Descent into chaos : the world's most unstable region and the threat to global security /: the world's most unstable region and the threat to global security. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ahmed Rashid.
• Other Names: Rashid, Ahmed
• Contents: Introduction. Imperial overreach and nation building -- pt. I. 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 -- pt. II. 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 -- pt. III. The failure of nation building -- 9. Afghanistan I : economic reconstruction -- 10. Afghanistan II : rebuilding security -- 11. Double-dealing with Islamic extremism : al Queda and the Taliban in Pakistan -- 12. Taliban resurgent : the Taliban return home -- pt. IV. Descent into chaos -- 13. Al Queda'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. The death of an icon: Pakistan struggles to survive -- 19. Conclusion: A fragile future.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (560 pages)
• Subjects: 320.557095491; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern; Islamic fundamentalism; Politics and government; Terrorism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism; Terrorism, Armed Struggle; Islamic fundamentalism -- Pakistan; Islamic fundamentalism -- Afghanistan; Islamic fundamentalism -- Asia, Central; Terrorism -- Pakistan; Terrorism -- Afghanistan; Terrorism -- Asia, Central; Afghanistankrieg (2001- ); Außenpolitik; Elfter September; Internationale Politik; Internationaler Terrorismus; Nationenbildung; Afghanistankrieg (2001); Außenpolitik; Elfter September; Internationale Politik; Internationaler Terrorismus; Nationenbildung; Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1988-; Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-; Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Afghanistan; Asia, Central; Pakistan; Afghanistan; Pakistan; USA; Afghanistan; Pakistan; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141919096; 0141919094
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