TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Rashid TI - Pakistan on the brink : the future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan SN - 9781846145872 U1 - 327.5491 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Allen Lane KW - Afghanistan KW - Pakistan KW - Politics and government KW - Diplomatic relations KW - United States KW - Western countries KW - International relations KW - Taliban N2 - Ahmed Rashid, one of the world's leading experts on the social and political situations in Pakistan and Afghanistan, offers a highly anticipated update on the possibilities--and hazards--facing the United States after the death of Osama bin Laden and as Operation Enduring Freedom winds down. With the characteristic professionalism that has made him the preeminent independent journalist in Pakistan for three decades, Rashid asks the important questions and delivers informed insights about the future of U.S. relations with the troubled region. His most urgent book to date, Pakistan on the Brink is the third volume in a comprehensive series that is a call to action to our nation's leaders and an exposition of this conflict's impact on the security of the world ER -