The Punishment Of Virtue
Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
- Paperback
388 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2016
Summary
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.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 dem…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143112068 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143112066 |
| Author: | Sarah Chayes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 388 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2016 |
| Weight: | 390g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 139mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
The most gripping, sensitive, funny, perceptive and beautifully written book you will ever read on Afghanistan, U.S. policy, and nation building. (Ahmed Rashid, author of Jihad)
Engrossing … In elegant prose, [Chayes] brings to life the regionÆs rich history, complex politics and proud ethnic Pashtun tribesmen. (The New York Times Book Review)
About The Author
Sarah Chayes
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 nongovernmental aid organization, Afghans for Civil Society, founded by Qayum Karzai. Now she has launched her own artisanal agribusiness, called Arghand. Her work as a correspondent for NPR during the Kosovo crisis earned her, together with other members of the NPR team, the 1999 Foreign Press Club and Sigma Delta Chi awards.
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