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Descent Into Chaos
Ahmed Rashid
其他書名
How the War Against Islamic Extremism is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia
出版Allen Lane, 2008
主題History / Asia / South / GeneralHistory / United States / 21st CenturyHistory / Asia / Central AsiaPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & PatriotismPolitical Science / TerrorismPolitical Science / World / AsianReligion / Fundamentalism
ISBN07139984319780713998436
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TcHXAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The #1 New York Times bestselling author provides a shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West.
Ahmed Rashid is aPakistanas best and bravest reportera (Christopher Hitchens). His unique knowledge of this vast and complex region allows him a panoramic vision and nuance that no Western writer can emulate.
His book Taliban first introduced American readers to the brutal regime that hijacked Afghanistan and harbored the terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Now, Rashid examines the region and the corridors of power in Washington and Europe to see how the promised nation building in these countries has pro-gressed. His conclusions are devastating: An unstable and nuclear-armed Pakistan, a renewed ala 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.
Benazir Bhuttoas assassination and the crisis in Pakistan are only the beginning. Rashid assesses what her death means for the region and the future. Rashid has unparalleled access to the figures in this global drama, and provides up-to-the-minute analysis better than anyone else. "Descent Into Chaos" will do for Central Asia what Thomas Rickas "Fiasco" did for Iraq a offer a blistering critique of the Bush administration and an impassioned call to correct our failed strategy in the region.