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The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban

Door Sarah Chayes

Categorie	Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer	#269636
Titel	The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
Auteur	Chayes, Sarah
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York, The Penguin Press
Jaar van uitgave	2006
ISBN10	1594200963
ISBN13	9781594200960
Taal	Nederlands, Engels
Samenvatting	National Public Radio reporter covering the last stand of the Taliban in their home base of Kandahar in Afghanistan's southern borderland, Sarah Chayes became deeply immersed in the unfolding drama of the attempt to rebuild a broken nation at the crossroads of the world's destiny. Her NPR tour up in early 2002, she left reporting to help turn the country's fortunes, accepting a job running a nonprofit founded by President Hamid Karzai's brother. With remarkable access to leading players in the postwar government, Chayes witnessed a tragic story unfold-the perverse turn of events whereby the U. S. government and armed forces allowed and abetted the return to power of corrupt militia commanders to the country, as well as the reinfiltration of bands of Taliban forces supported by U. S. ally P... (Lees verder)akistan. In this gripping and dramatic account of her four years on the ground, working with Afghanis in the battle to restore their country to order and establish democracy, Chayes opens Americans' eyes to the sobering realities of this vital front in the war on terror. She forged unparalleled relationships with the Karzai family, tribal leaders, U. S. military and diplomatic brass, and such leading figures in the Kandahar government as the imposing and highly effective chief of police-an incorruptible supporter of the Karzai regime whose brutal assassination in June 2005 serves as the opening of the book. Chayes lived in an Afghan home, gaining rich insights into the country's culture and politics and researching the history of Afghanistan's legendary resistance to foreign interference. She takes us into meetings with Hamid Karzai and the corrupt Kandahar governor, Gul Agha Shirzai, into the homes of tribal elders and onto the U. S. military base. Unveiling the complexities and traumas of Afghanistan's postwar struggles, she reveals how the tribal strongmen who have regained power-after years of being displaced by the Taliban-have visited a renewed plague of corruption and violence on the Afghan people, under the complicit eyes of U. S. forces and officials. The story Chayes tells is a powerful, disturbing revelation of misguided U. S. policy and of the deeply entrenched traditions of tribal warlordism that have ruled Afghanistan through the centuries.
Pagina's	386
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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