NOOK App

Download NOOK app

NOOK Devices

NOOK eReaders

NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus
NOOK GlowLight 4e
NOOK GlowLight 4
NOOK GlowLight Plus 7.8"
NOOK GlowLight 3
NOOK GlowLight Plus 6"

NOOK Tablets

NOOK 8.7" Reading Tablet
NOOK 9" Lenovo Tablet
NOOK 10" HD Lenovo Tablet
NOOK Tablet 7" & 10.1"
NOOK by Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 [Tab A and Tab 4]
NOOK by Samsung [Tab 4 10.1, S2 & E]

Free NOOK Reading Apps

NOOK for iOS
NOOK for Android

BN.com website

Go to your Digital Library in My Account

Limit 1 per customer

Overview

The classic account of America's experience in Afghanistan, explaining the rise of the Taliban in the aftermath of America's failed war on terrorism--essential reading to understand the collapse in Afghanistan today. From the author of the #1 NYT bestseller Taliban.

"[A] brilliant and passionate book."—The New York Review of Books

A blistering critique of American policy—a dire and prescient warning predicting how our disastrous strategies in Central Asia's failing states threaten global stab...

Product Details

Editorial Reviews

Categories

Current Affairs & Politics History United States Politics & Government Terrorism World Politics United States History Asian History Middle Eastern History Diplomacy & International Relations U.S. Politics in the Post Cold-War Era Asia - Politics & Government 20th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous South Asian History Central Asian History Diplomatic Relations U.S. International Relations War on Terrorism, 2001-Afghani Politics Pakistani Politics 20th Century American History - Relations - General & Miscellaneous U.S. Politics & Government - 21st Century - General & Miscellaneous Pakistan - History Afghanistan - History Asia - Diplomatic Relations - General & Miscellaneous U.S. Diplomatic Relations - General & Miscellaneous Asia, Australasia & Oceania - Diplomatic Relations with the U.S.Publishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction of 2008 San Francisco Chronicle's Best Nonfiction of 2008 2009 Orwell Prize Shortlist 2009 Gelber Prize Shortlist Best Books of the Year Best Books of the Year 2008 Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2008 San Francisco Chronicle's Best Books of 2008 Journalism & Political Book Awards Orwell Prize Previous Shortlists - Orwell Prize Gelber Prize 2000s - Gelber Prize

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