Descent into chaos
Subtitle: how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and central Asia
By: Ahmed Rashid
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780713998436; 9781846141751
Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism; Terrorism; Politics and government; Bekämpfung; Islam; Radikalismus; Afghanistan; Central Asia; United States of America; Pakistan; Fundamentalism; State-building; Foreign policy; Taliban
Description: 'Descent Into Chaos' is an eye-opening account of the region where the next wave of Islamic terror is being born. Rashid gives a clear and devastating analysis of how the US has failed to bring peace in central Asia, and how that failure is coming back to haunt us.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Countries and Cities of Central Asia --; title: Ethnic Distribution Within Pakistan and Afghanistan --; title: Afghan Provinces and Federally Administered Tribal Areas --; title: NATO Deployment and Provincial Reconstruction Team Locations in Afghanistan, 2007 --; title: Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan, 2007 --; title: Military Offensives Launched by the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 2007-2008 --; title: Imperial Overreach and Nation Building -- -- Pt. 1.; title: 9/11 and War -- -- 1.; title: A Man With a Mission: The Unending Conflict in Afghanistan -- -- 2.; title: "The U.S. Will Act Like a Wounded Bear": Pakistan's Long Search for Its Soul -- -- 3.; title: The Chief Executive's Schizophrenia: Pakistan, the United Nations, and the United States Before 9/11 -- -- 4.; title: Attack!: Retaliation and Invasion -- -- 5.; title: The Search for a Settlement: Afghanistan and Pakistan at Odds -- -- Pt. 2.; title: The Politics of the Post-9/11 World -- -- 6.; title: A Nuclear State of Mind: India, Pakistan, and the War of Permanent Instability -- -- 7.; title: The One-Billion-Dollar Warlords: The War Within Afghanistan -- -- 8.; title: Musharraf's Lost Moment: Political Expediency and Authoritarian Rule -- -- Pt. 3.; title: The Failure of Nation Building -- -- 9.; title: Afghanistan I: Economic Reconstruction -- -- 10.; title: Afghanistan II: Rebuilding Security -- -- 11.; title: Double-Dealing With Islamic Extremism: Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan -- -- 12.; title: Taliban Resurgent: The Taliban Return Home -- -- Pt. 4.; title: Descent into Chaos -- -- 13.; title: Al Qaeda's Bolt-Hole: Pakistan's Tribal Areas -- -- 14.; title: America Shows the Way: The Disappeared and the Rendered -- -- 15.; title: Drugs and Thugs: Opium Fuels the Insurgency -- -- 16.; title: Who Lost Uzbekistan?: Tyranny in Central Asia -- -- 17.; title: The Taliban Offensive: Battling for Control of Afghanistan, 2006-2007 -- -- 18.; title: Conclusion: The Death of an Icon and a Fragile Future.