A kingdom of their own
Subtitle: the family Karzai and the Afghan disaster
By: Joshua Partlow
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780307962645
Subjects: HISTORY / Middle East / General; Afghan War, 2001-; Foreign relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
Description: "The key to understanding the calamitous Afghan war is the complex, ultimately failed relationship between the powerful, duplicitous Karzai family and the U.S.--brilliantly portrayed here in its entirety for the first time by the former Washington Post Kabul bureau chief"--
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A rescue from demons; title: Any path will lead you there; title: So much in love; title: Jump-starting a country; title: Because we see more, we do more; title: Government in a box; title: An ordinary Afghan; title: Smashing the china shop; title: Close cousins; title: Who's running this place?; title: Where everyone gets accused; title: Couldn't be more helpful; title: A movie story; title: Making the country great again; title: The five fingers; title: I hate politics; title: Everybody in a corner; title: Not religion but history; title: The primary purpose of its existence; title: Evil in heaven; title: The zero option.