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HardCover Pub Date: 2008 Pages: 484 Publisher: Viking Books Since 911 the war in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq. the West has been fighting a 'War on Terror' through force and through the Building of new societies in the region. In this clear and devastating account. with unparalleled access and intimate knowledge of the political players. Descent into Chaos chronicles our failure. Having reported from central Asia for a quarter of a century. Ahmed Rashid shows clearly why the war in Iraq is just a sideshow to the main event. Rather. it is Pakistan. Afghanistan. and the five Central Asian states that make up the crisis zone. for it is here that terrorism and Islamic extremism are growing stronger. Documenting with precision how intimately linked Pakistan is with the Taliban and other extremist movements. while remaining the US's main ally in the region. Rashid ings int...
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