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Intelligent, fascinating, and painfully revealing!
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The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban by Sarah Chayes (2006, Hardcover)
Author: Sarah ChayesPublisher: Penguin Group USALanguage: English
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This memoir of four years in Afghanistan following the defeat of the Taliban is by a former NPR reporter who gave up her job, stayed in Afghanistan, and worked for a non-governmental organization (NGO) to help rebuild the country. Sarah Chayes is as candid about the corruption she encountered as she is praising of the many well-intentioned, even heroic Afghanis who struggled to make a new country. She had access to those in power through her contacts with the Karzai family, and she spent time with average Afghani families as well as U.S. military personnel. In her rich portraits, her deep interest in the people and their history comes through. Chayes's big story is that the reconstruction effort in Afghanistan was perhaps just as botched as the one in Iraq, though in a different way. Tribal strongmen moved in to fill the vacuum created by the fall of the Taliban and former Taliban fighters returned via Pakistan--with both groups wreaking great terror on the people. This occurred under the eyes of U.S. officials, who she says were complicit.
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An NPR correspondent presents an account of the return to the violence and corruption of warlord activity in Afghanistan after the displacement of the Taliban, revealing how the U.S. government assisted the return of corrupt militia commanders to the country. 100,000 first printing.
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"In elegant and incisive prose, [Sarah Chayes] brings to life the region's rich history, complex politics and proud ethnic Pashtun tribesmen....Far more than a travelogue, Chayes's book is a detailed critique of American policy in post-Taliban Afghanistan....If in the end, the American effort in southern Afghanistan fails, this important and insightful book will explain why."
(09/17/2006)
"As the most plugged in observer of the scene as well as the only person with top level contacts in every power structure, she was positioned to make a difference, and she did."
(08/20/2006)
"[Chayes's] hands-on experience as a deeply immersed reporter and activist gives her lucid analysis and prescriptions a practical scope and persuasive authority."
(06/05/2006)
This memoir of four years in Afghanistan following the defeat of the Taliban is by a former NPR reporter who gave up her job, stayed in Afghanistan, and worked for a non-governmental organization (NGO) to help rebuild the country. Sarah Chayes is as candid about the corruption she encountered as she is praising of the many well-intentioned, even heroic Afghanis who struggled to make a new country. She had access to those in power through her contacts with the Karzai family, and she spent time with average Afghani families as well as U.S. military personnel. In her rich portraits, her deep interest in the people and their history comes through. Chayes's big story is that the reconstruction effort in Afghanistan was perhaps just as botched as the one in Iraq, though in a different way. Tribal strongmen moved in to fill the vacuum created by the fall of the Taliban and former Taliban fighters returned via Pakistan--with both groups wreaking great terror on the people. This occurred under the eyes of U.S. officials, who she says were complicit.
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| Author: | Sarah Chayes |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group USA |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: | 1594200963 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781594200960 |
| Size | |
| Length: | 386 pages |
| Thickness: | 1.2 in |
| Weight: | 24.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
An NPR correspondent presents an account of the return to the violence and corruption of warlord activity in Afghanistan after the displacement of the Taliban, revealing how the U.S. government assisted the return of corrupt militia commanders to the country. 100,000 first printing.
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Intelligent, fascinating, and painfully revealing!
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) If you're thinking about buying this book, do yourself a favor, BUY IT! Regardless of your motives, this book is worth reading.
Sarah Chayes has produced a revealing and intelligent Occidental glimpse into post 9/11 Afghanistan.
Chayes experiences reporting for NPR and her experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco has given her the deft to negotiate the notoriously suspicious and misogynistic culture that permeates the Middle East. She is an observant and adept diplomat who does not mince words or appear to be beholden to any government agency or Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
Afghanistan, Chayes observes, is "an entire nation comprised of generations suffering the effects of PTSD." I had never considered such a possibility and if Americans realized this concept, perhaps we could be a bit more productive in our re-construction and social efforts.
For the military, Chayes's analysis of the county's centuries old "yaghistan reflex," which has salvaged generations of Afghans from raiding empires is both brilliant and of important note. Chayes also reveals the not-so-subtle influences of Pakistan on Afghan political and social instability.
This is all wound around the story of Chayes's experiences and her brief but telling assessment of Afghan history.
Chayes includes a perceptive and frank quote by one of her associates, Ayse Yildiz, that could surmise the situation there at least as much as the book's title, "Here we are, a bunch of kids from dysfunctional families, working at a dysfunctional organization, trying to fix a dysfunctional country."
REVIEW EVERY BOOK YOU READ.
Sarah Chayes has produced a revealing and intelligent Occidental glimpse into post 9/11 Afghanistan.
Chayes experiences reporting for NPR and her experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco has given her the deft to negotiate the notoriously suspicious and misogynistic culture that permeates the Middle East. She is an observant and adept diplomat who does not mince words or appear to be beholden to any government agency or Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
Afghanistan, Chayes observes, is "an entire nation comprised of generations suffering the effects of PTSD." I had never considered such a possibility and if Americans realized this concept, perhaps we could be a bit more productive in our re-construction and social efforts.
For the military, Chayes's analysis of the county's centuries old "yaghistan reflex," which has salvaged generations of Afghans from raiding empires is both brilliant and of important note. Chayes also reveals the not-so-subtle influences of Pakistan on Afghan political and social instability.
This is all wound around the story of Chayes's experiences and her brief but telling assessment of Afghan history.
Chayes includes a perceptive and frank quote by one of her associates, Ayse Yildiz, that could surmise the situation there at least as much as the book's title, "Here we are, a bunch of kids from dysfunctional families, working at a dysfunctional organization, trying to fix a dysfunctional country."
REVIEW EVERY BOOK YOU READ.
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