MARC Record from Collingswood Public Library

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003 OCoLC
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008 080122s2008 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a2008002949
020 $a9780670019700 (alk. paper)
020 $a0670019704 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)191090467
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050 00 $aDS371.4$b.R37 2008
082 00 $a954.05/3
100 1 $aRashid, Ahmed.
245 10 $aDescent into chaos :$bthe US and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia /$cAhmed Rashid.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2008.
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.
651 0 $aAfghanistan$xPolitics and government$y2001-
651 0 $aPakistan$xPolitics and government$y1988-
651 0 $aSouth Asia$xRelations$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRelations$zSouth Asia.
650 0 $aNation-building$zSouth Asia.
907 $a.b17553933$b07-31-08$c07-31-08
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