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100422s2009 nyub b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780141020860 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780143115571 (pbk.) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
014311557X |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
BTCTA |
| Transcribing agency |
BTCTA |
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UNU Library |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rashid, Ahmed. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Descent into chaos : |
| Remainder of title |
the world's most unstable region and the threat to global security / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Ahmed Rashid. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Penguin Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
lviii, 498 p. : |
| Other physical details |
maps ; |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published by Viking Penguin in 2008. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction. Imperial overreach and nation building -- Pt. I. 9/11 and war -- 1. A man with a mission : the unending conflict in Afghanistan -- 2. "The U.S. will act like a wounded bear" : Pakistan's long search for its soul -- 3. The chief executive's schizophrenia : Pakistan, the United Nations, and the United States before 9/11 -- 4. Attack! : retaliation and invasion -- 5. The search for a settlement : Afghanistan and Pakistan at odds -- Pt. II. The politics of the post-9/11 world -- 6. A nuclear state of mind : India, Pakistan, and the war of permanent instability -- 7. The one-billion-dollar warlords : the war within Afghanistan -- 8. Musharraf's lost moment : political expediency and authoritarian rule -- Pt. III. The failure of nation building -- 9. Afghanistan I : economic reconstruction -- 10. Afghanistan II : rebuilding security -- 11. Double-dealing with Islamic extremism : al Queda and the Taliban in Pakistan -- 12. Taliban resurgent : the Taliban return home -- Pt. IV. Descent into chaos -- 13. Al Queda's bolt-hole : Pakistan's tribal areas -- 14. America shows the way : the disappeared and the rendered -- 15. Drugs and thugs : opium fuels the insurgency -- 16. Who lost Uzbekistan? : tyranny in Central Asia -- 17. The Taliban offensive : battling for control of Afghanistan, 2006-2007 -- 18. The death of an icon: Pakistan struggles to survive -- 19. Conclusion: A fragile future. |
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AFGHANISTAN |
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unbist |
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PAKISTAN |
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unbist |
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SOUTH ASIA |
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unbist |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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POLITICAL CONDITIONS |
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unbist |
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Book |