Descent into Chaos
The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
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appears in Military, Politics, and History.
After September 11th , Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this new work, he returns to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia to review the catastrophic aftermath of America's failed war on terror. Called "Pakistan's best and bravest reporter" by Christopher Hitchens, Rashid has shown h...
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appears in Military, Politics, and History.
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