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LITTLE AMERICA: The War within the War for Afghanistan
by Chandrasekaran, Rajiv
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1408830078
- ISBN 13
- 9781408830079
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London, U.K.: Bloomsbury , 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this meticulously reported and illuminating book, Rajiv Chandrasekaran focuses on southern Afghanistan in the year of President Obama's surge, and reveals the epic tug of war that occurred between the president and a military that increasingly went its own way. The profound ramifications this political battle had on the region and the world are laid bare through a cast of fascinating characters-disillusioned and inept diplomats, frustrated soldiers, headstrong officers-who played a part in the process of pumping American money and soldiers into Afghan nation-building. What emerges in LITTLE AMERICis a detailed picture of unsavory compromise-warlords who were to be marginalized suddenly embraced, the Karzai family transformed from foe to friend, fighting corruption no longer a top priority-and a venture that became politically, financially, and strategically unsustainable. Author of IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY, which won the 2007 Samuel Johnson Prize and was adapted by Paul Greengrass for the motion picture "Green Zone." As new, first edition, first printing,, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.[Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] NF49/NFBS2
Synopsis
Rajiv Chandrasekaran is senior correspondent and associate editor of The Washington Post , where he has worked since 1994. He has been the newspaper's bureau chief in Baghdad, Cairo, and Southeast Asia, and has been covering Afghanistan off and on for a decade. His first book, Imperial Life in the Emerald City , won the Overseas Press Club book award. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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- Joe Staats, Bookseller
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- Title
- LITTLE AMERICA: The War within the War for Afghanistan
- Author
- Chandrasekaran, Rajiv
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1408830078
- ISBN 13
- 9781408830079
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London, U.K.
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Product_type
- 2
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