# Descent into Chaos

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- Book: [Descent into Chaos](https://www.bookquiver.com/ahmed-rashid/descent-into-chaos) ([Descent into Chaos.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ahmed-rashid/descent-into-chaos.md))
- Authors: [Ahmed Rashid](https://www.bookquiver.com/ahmed-rashid)
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- ISBN: 978-01-4311-557-1
- Pages: 560
- Published: 2009-04-07
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The classic account of America's experience in Afghanistan, explaining the rise of the Taliban in the aftermath of America's failed war on terrorism--essential reading to understand the collapse in Afghanistan...