Bleeding Afghanistan
Subtitle: Washington, warlords, and the propaganda of silence
By: Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls ; foreward by David Barsamian.
Contributors: Ingalls, James.
Edition: 1st Seven Stories Press ed.
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York; Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781583227312
Subjects: Afghanistan -- History -- 1989-2001.; Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-; United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.; Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Table of contents: value: Destroying a state : U.S. policy before September 11, 2001; value: Bombs, threats, and torture : Afghanistan becomes a U.S. target; value: Replacing one brutal regime with another : the return of the warlords; value: A client "democracy" : reshaping Afghan politics; value: Liberation rhetoric and burqa obsessions : objectifying Afghan women; value: The propaganda of silence : impunity and the mass media; value: Power, prestige, and pipelines : the uses of Afghanistan.