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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 958.1047 EAN: 9781400133086 Edition: Library ed. Format: Audiobook, CD ISBN: 1400133084 Label: Tantor Media Manufacturer: Tantor Media Number Of Items: 12 Publication Date: October 01, 2006 Publisher: Tantor Media Studio: Tantor Media Editorial Review: Product Description: A National Public Radio reporter covering the last stand of the Taliban in their home base of Kandahar in Afghanistan's southern borderland, Sarah Chayes became deeply immersed in the unfolding drama of the attempt to rebuild a broken nation at the crossroads of the world's destiny. Her NPR tour up in early 2002, she left reporting to help turn the country's fortunes, accepting a job running a nonprofit founded by President Hamid Karzai's brother. With remarkable access to leading players in the postwar government, Chayes witnessed a tragic story unfold-the perverse turn of events whereby the U.S. government and armed forces allowed and abetted the return to power of corrupt militia commanders to the country, as well as the reinfiltration of bands of Taliban forces supported by U.S. ally Pakistan. In this gripping and dramatic account of her four years on the ground, working with Afghanis in the battle to restore their country to order and establish democracy, Chayes opens Americans' e Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Insight"The Punishment of Virtue" gives the reader great insight into the political conflicts that went on in Afghanistan during the early years of US occupation. It has much relevence to what is going on today. The book also provides a brief history of the country as well as some cultural background, good book! Rating: - Pulitzer!Starting and ending with the death of an honest Afgan, his friend Sarah Chayes, NPR reporter-turned Afgan activist, gives a well written, often warm, and often shocking account of the warlords, friends of Pakistan, and some-time friends of the US that made up Afganistan after the Taliban fled and before they had fully returned. The fact that a woman reporter could become friend and advisor to so many people in power in Afganistan - including, the president, several governors, several warlords, a ... Read More Rating:  - Fascinating insightsSarah Chayes, an NPR journalist and an historical scholar in her own right, provides an insider's look at Afghanistan before, during, and after the Taliban regime. Many provocative parallels can be drawn by the reader to the foreign policy problems facing the U.S. in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan today, for example: the primacy of tribal loyalties which supercede any national political identity, the misuse of American power to prop up questionable puppet governments, humanitarian aid which gets ... Read More Rating:  - Interesting but poorly writtenAn utterly confusing account of the war in Afghanistan. Its merit is that it gives the reader a probably realistic impression of the complexity and intransparency of Afghan politics and history...nothing is what it seems. Its flaws are chronological disorder, personal grudges and reporter-centrism...("look at me getting the real dope against all odds" and "look at me, the only sensitive observer"). Rating: - A gripping narrative of intrigue, assassination, personal dedication and courage Sarah Chayes' instinctive compassion builds friendships in Afghanistan that take her on a remarkable journey. Her insights illuminate the political currents affecting Afghanistan with exceptional clarity. This book is a must read for anyone seeking to understand the region. |
