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_bP378 2016
100 1 _aPartlow, Joshua.
245 1 2 _aA kingdom of their own :
_bthe family Karzai and the Afghan disaster /
_cJoshua Partlow.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c©2016.
300 _a422 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
500 _a"The key to understanding the calamitous Afghan war is the complex, ultimately failed relationship between the powerful, duplicitous Karzai family and the U.S.--brilliantly portrayed here in its entirety for the first time by the former Washington Post Kabul bureau chief"-- Provided by publisher.
505 _aContents: A rescue from demons -- Any path will lead you there -- So much in love -- Jump-starting a country -- Because we see more, we do more -- Government in a box -- An ordinary Afghan -- Smashing the china shop -- Close cousins -- Who's running this place? -- Where everyone gets accused -- Couldn't be more helpful -- A movie story -- Making the country great again -- The five fingers -- I hate politics -- Everybody in a corner -- Not religion but history -- The primary purpose of its existence -- Evil in heaven -- The zero option.
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600 2 0 _aKarzai, Hamid,
_d1957-.
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Foreign relations
_y United States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_x Foreign relations
_y Afghanistan.
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