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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Chayes, Sarah, 1962-     Subjects     Political corruption -- Case studies.     Security, International -- Case studies.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Chayes, Sarah, 1962-       by title:      Thieves of state : w...       by call number:      364.1323 C512t     Search the Web     Chayes, Sarah, 1962-     Political corruption -- Case studies.     Security, International -- Case studies.       MARC Display

Thieves of state : why corruption threatens global security / Sarah Chayes. by Chayes, Sarah, 1962- W.W. Norton & Company, [2015] Call #: 364.1323 C512t Subjects Political corruption -- Case studies.   Security, International -- Case studies. ISBN:  9780393239461 (hc.) 0393239462 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  x, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  "If I see somebody planting an IED ..." : Afghanistan, 2009 -- "Lord King, how I wish that you were wise" : mirrors for princes, ca. 700-1516 -- Hearing the people's complaints : Kandahar to Kabul, 2001-2009 -- Nonkinetic targeting : Kabul, 2009 -- Vertically integrated criminal syndicates : Kabul, Garmisch, 2009-2010 -- Revolt against kleptocracy : the Arab spring : Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, 2011 -- Variation 1: The (overlooked) military-kleptocratic complex : Egypt, ca. 2010 -- Variation 2: The bureaucratic kleptocracy : Tunisia, ca. 2010 -- Variation 3: The post-Soviet kleptocratic autocracy : Uzbekistan, ca. 2013 -- Variation 4: The resource kleptocracy : Nigeria, ca. 2014 -- Up a level : Afghanistan and Washington, June 2010-January 2011 -- Forging an appeal on Earth : The Netherlands, England, America, ca. 1560-1787 -- Violent extremists -- Remedies -- Epilogue: Self-reflection -- Appendix. Summary:  "The world is blowing up. Every day a new blaze seems to ignite: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria; the East-West standoff in Ukraine; abducted schoolgirls in northern Nigeria. Is there some thread tying these frightening international security crises together? In a riveting account that weaves history with fast-moving reportage and insider accounts from the Afghanistan war, Sarah Chayes identifies the unexpected link: corruption."-- From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1323 C512t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1323 C512t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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