| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Preface: from Kabul to Baghdad: Kabul, June 20, 2015 -- Part I. Early life -- Poppy fields and tree-lined boulevards: Afghanistan, 1951-1965 -- Journey to the other side of the world: the United States, 1966-1967 -- Into the cauldron of politics: Kabul and Beirut, 1968-1974 -- Aspiring strategist: Chicago and New York City, 1974-1979 -- The Mujahedeen and the halls of power: New York and Washington, D.C., 1980-1989 -- Containing Saddam: Washington, D.C., 1988-1992 -- Crafting grand strategy for a unipolar world: Washington, D.C., 1991-1992 -- One nation's disintegration, one man's destiny: Washington, D.C., 1993-2001 -- Part II. Bush administration -- The calm before the storm: Washington, D.C., January-September 2001 -- America under attack: Washington, D.C., September 2001 -- A quest for leaders in tyranny's shadow: Washington, D.C., and Bonn, Germany, September-December 2001 -- Return to Kabul: Kabul and Washington, D.C., January-June 2002 -- Loya Jirga: Kabul, June-July 2002 -- Eyes elsewhere: Washington, D.C., December 2002-February 2003 -- Planning post-war Iraq inside Iraq: Ankara, Turkey, and Salahuddin, Iraq, February 2002 -- Iraq: from liberation to occupation: Washington, D.C., and Baghdad, March-May 2003 -- Accelerating success in Afghanistan: Washington, D.C., May-November 2003 -- Ambassador: Kabul, November 2003 to January 2005 -- Builders versus spoilers: Afghanistan, 2003-2004 -- Fruits of democracy: Kabul, 2004-2005 -- Preparing for Iraq: Washington, D.C., November 2004-July 2005 -- Repairing Iraq: Baghdad, july-December 2005 -- Forging a national unity government: Baghdad, December 2005-May 2006 -- Struggling against the cycle of sectarian violence: Baghdad, 2006-2007 -- Permanent representative to the United Nations: New York, 2007-2009 -- Part III. America in the world -- A more dangerous world: 2015 -- A life of lessons in strategy and statecraft: 2016 and beyond. |
| Subject |
Khalilzad, Zalmay.
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Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography.
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United Nations -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq.
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Iraq -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan -- Foreign relations.
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| Added Title |
From Kabul to the White House, my journey through a turbulent world |
| ISBN |
9781250083005 (hardcover) |
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1250083001 (hardcover) |
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9781250083012 (e-book) |
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