Little america : (Record no. 15726)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field ASIN0307947041
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20170105102924.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 131210s2013 xxu eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0307947041 (paperback)
Terms of availability $16.00
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780307947048 (paperback)
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Original cataloging agency 0
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chandrasekaran, Rajiv.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Little america :
Remainder of title the war within the war for afghanistan /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement Reprint ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. [S.l.] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Bloomsbury
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 416 p. ;
Dimensions 20 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Vintage.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Book of the Year   The author of the acclaimed bestseller and National Book Award finalist, Imperial Life in the Emerald City , tells the startling, behind-the-scenes story of the US’s political and military misadventure in Afghanistan. In this meticulously reported and illuminating book, Rajiv Chandrasekaran focuses on southern Afghanistan in the year of President Obama’s surge, and reveals the epic tug of war that occurred between the president and a military that increasingly went its own way. The profound ramifications this political battle had on the region and the world are laid bare through a cast of fascinating characters—disillusioned and inept diplomats, frustrated soldiers, headstrong officers—who played a part in the process of pumping American money and soldiers into Afghan nation-building. What emerges in Little America is a detailed picture of unsavory compromise—warlords who were to be marginalized suddenly embraced, the Karzai family transformed from foe to friend, fighting corruption no longer a top priority—and a venture that became politically, financially, and strategically un
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Host name Vintage.
Materials specified Amazon.com
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307947041/cho">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307947041/cho</a>
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          Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) General Stacks 10/02/2013   958.10471 CHA 2012 CIPS0001709 12/10/2013 12/10/2013 Book
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