| The Long Way Back: Afghanistan's Quest for Peace Contributor(s): Alexander, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062020374 ISBN-13: 9780062020376 Publisher: Harper OUR PRICE: $22.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2011 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | Asia - General - Political Science | Ngos (non-governmental Organizations) |
| Dewey: 958.104 |
| LCCN: 2011276896 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.39" W x 9.12" (1.09 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Christopher Alexander, Canadian's former ambassador to Afghanistan, offers an inside look at Afghanistan recent history, and delivers a blueprint for transforming the troubled country into a viable nation. Alexander draws on expertise gained over five years on the ground in Afghanistan, chronicling the country's initial successes following the Afghan War, the setbacks it incurred thanks to a resurgent Taliban, and the tenuous stability that multilateral diplomacy has brought the war-torn yet rebuilding nation. Readers of Ahmed Rashid's Descent into Chaos and Alex Berenson's Lost in Kandahar will find no more penetrating insight into Afghanistan's past, present, and future than Christopher Alexander's probing, expert dissection of a nation at war with itself: The Long Way Back. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alexander, Chris: - Chris Alexander is a diplomat and politician who served for eighteen years as an international public servant and Canadian foreign service officer. From 2005 to 2009 he was the UN deputy special representative in Afghanistan, helping to lead the largest UN political mission in the world. Alexander was also the Canadian ambassador to that country and a key contributor to the effort to stabilize and support post-Taliban Afghanistan. He returned to Canada in 2009 and is now the Conservative MP for Ajax-Pickering, where he lives, as well as the parliamentary secretary to the minister of national defense. |