Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West

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Allen Lane, 2012 - History - 234 pages
As Washington and the West wrestle with negotiating with unreliable 'allies' in Pakistan, there is no better guide to the dark future than Ahmed Rashid. He focuses on the changing casts of characters, the future ofinternational terrorism, and the policies and strategies within Pakistan and Afghanistan and among the Western allies.

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About the author (2012)

Pakistani journalist and bestselling author Ahmed Rashid was born in Rawalpindi in 1948. He was educated at Malvern College in England, Government College in Lahore, and Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge. He works as a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph and writes for the Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and academic journals. His titles include Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia, and Descent into Chaos.