Description
Book SynopsisAhmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist based in Lahore, who has covered Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia for a variety of publications since 1979. He is the author of five books - the best selling
Taliban, Descent into Chaos: The US and the Disaster in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia,
Jihad and
The Resurgence of Central Asia. He writes for the
Financial Times, the
New York Times, the
New York Review of Books, , BBC Online and Pakistani publications. Foreign Policy magazine chose him as one of the world's most important 100 Global Thinkers in 2009 and 2010. In 2008 he won Spain's prestigious Casa Asia prize for contributing most about Asia to the Spanish people.The following year he was presented with the prize for best columnist in the Spanish press by King Juan Carlos at a dinner honoring him. In December 2009 he was appointed a member of the board of New York's Committee to Protect Journalists. He has also served on the Bo
Trade ReviewPakistan's best and bravest reporter -- Christopher Hitchens
A journalist of the highest narrative and analytic gifts -- Max Hastings
His knowledge of events and people there is second to none -- Kim Sengupta
A superb work on the future of Pakistan, a country many people deem the world's most dangerous -- Bruce Riedel * Washington Post *
Ahmed Rashid has established a well-earned reputation as a meticulous, reliable and authoritative chronicler of events in south-west and central Asia ... Unlike many journalists ... Rashid does have the courage to outline how he believes the catastrophic situation in both his homeland (Pakistan) and its neighbour, Afghanistan, can be improved -- Jason Burke * Guardian *
Rashid assembles a broad network of sources on all sides of the debate and is probing in his treatment of all the main actors ... a powerful and pacey primer -- Shiraz Maher * Spectator *
