Descent into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

After September 11th , Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this new work, he returns to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia to review the catastrophic aftermath of America's failed war on terror. Called "Pakistan's best and bravest reporter" by Christopher Hitchens, Rashid has shown himself to be a voice of reason amid the chaos of present-day Central Asia. Descent Into Chaos is his blistering critique of American policy-a dire warning and an impassioned call to correct these disasterous strategies before these failing states threaten global stability and bring devastation to our world.

• Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Second Edition
• Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
• In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan
• Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
• The Good War: Why We Couldn’t Win the War or the Peace in Afghanistan
• Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
• Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan
• No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes (American Empire Project)
• The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11