The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban - Paperback
by Sarah Chayes
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143112068ISBN-10:143112066UPC:9780143112068Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Modern, Middle EastBook Topic:Central Asia, 21st CenturySize:8.40 x 5.56 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCNFWXPJ0M
The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
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...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143112068ISBN-10:143112066UPC:9780143112068Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Modern, Middle EastBook Topic:Central Asia, 21st CenturySize:8.40 x 5.56 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCNFWXPJ0M
From 1997 to 2002, Sarah Chayes served as an overseas correspondent for NPR, reporting from Paris and the Balkans, as well as covering conflicts in Algeria. When war broke out in Afghanistan in 2001, NPR sent her to report from Quetta, Pakistan, and then from inside Afghanistan, based in the southern city of Kandahar, as the Taliban fell. In 2002, she left NPR to take a position running a...
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