| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
422 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title-page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [391]-402) and index. |
| Contents |
A rescue from demons -- Any path will lead you there -- So much in love -- Jump-starting a country -- Because we see more, we do more -- Government in a box -- An ordinary Afghan -- Smashing the china shop -- Close cousins -- Who's running this place? -- Where everyone gets accused -- Couldn't be more helpful -- A movie story -- Making the country great again -- The five fingers -- I hate politics -- Everybody in a corner -- Not religion but history -- The primary purpose of its existence -- Evil in heaven -- The zero option. |
| Summary |
"The key to understanding the calamitous Afghan war is the complex, ultimately failed relationship between the powerful, duplicitous Karzai family and the U.S.--brilliantly portrayed here in its entirety for the first time by the former Washington Post Kabul bureau chief"-- Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Afghan War, 2001-2021
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Afghanistan -- Foreign relations.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.
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Karzai, Hamid, 1957-
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| Added Title |
Family Karzai and the Afghan disaster |
| ISBN |
9780307962645 (hardback) : $30.00 |
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0307962644 (hardback) : $30.00 |
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