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100	1		_aRashid, Ahmed _927606
245	1	0	_aDescent into chaos : _bhow the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia / _cAhmed Rashid
260			_aLondon : _bAllen Lane, _cc2008.
300			_alviii, 484 p. : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 457-461) and index.
520			_aRashid 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.
650		0	_aNation-building _zSouth Asia _927607
650		0	_aIslamic fundamentalism _96575
650		0	_aTerrorism _9872
856			_uhttps://uowd.box.com/s/dymp5h5wyozul8g7tpw8jkc8hzuge3ps _zLocation Map