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Partlow, Joshua
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Karzai, Hamid, 1957-
Afghan War, 2001-2021
Afghanistan -- Foreign relations. -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.
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Partlow, Joshua
Karzai, Hamid, 1957-
Afghan War, 2001-2021
Afghanistan -- Foreign relations. -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.
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A kingdom of their own : the family
Karzai
and the Afghan disaster / Joshua Partlow.
by
Partlow, Joshua
Alfred A. Knopf, c2016.
Call #:
958.1047 P273k
Subjects
Karzai
,
Hamid
,
1957-
Afghan War, 2001-2021
Afghanistan -- Foreign relations. -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.
ISBN:
9780307962645 (hc)
0307962644 (hc)
Alternate title:
Family
Karzai
and the Afghan disaster
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"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"--From publisher.
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