Descent into chaos :
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, c2008. - lviii, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-461) and index.
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.
9780713998436
Nation-building--South Asia
Islamic fundamentalism
Terrorism
320.557095491 RA DE
Descent into chaos : how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid - London : Allen Lane, c2008. - lviii, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-461) and index.
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.
9780713998436
Nation-building--South Asia
Islamic fundamentalism
Terrorism
320.557095491 RA DE