| The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban Contributor(s): Chayes, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143112066 ISBN-13: 9780143112068 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: From a beloved former NPR reporter comes a news-breaking eyewitness account of how the U.S. government and armed forces allowed, and even abetted, the tragic return to violent warlordism in Afghanistan following the defeat of the Taliban. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Central Asia - History | Modern - 21st Century - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 958.104 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.56" W x 8.4" (0.85 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a former star reporter for NPR, Sarah Chayes developed a devoted listenership for her on-site reports on conflicts around the world. In The Punishment of Virtue, she reveals the misguided U.S. policy in Afghanistan in the wake of the defeat of the Taliban, which has severely undermined the effort to build democracy and allowed corrupt tribal warlords back into positions of power and the Taliban to re-infiltrate the country. This is an eyeopening chronicle that highlights the often infuriating realities of a vital front in the war on terror, exposing deeper, fundamental problems with current U.S. strategy. |