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BOOK
Title The envoy : from Kabul to the White House, my journey through a turbulent world / Zalmay Khalilzad
Imprint New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 3 Samhällsvetenskap  327 Khalilzad engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Edition First edition
Descript 332 pages, [8] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
Content 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
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
One of the most influential and highest-ranking U.S. government officials of Muslim descent details his experiences as the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the U.N., and offers insights and analysis of the current Middle East
Subject Khalilzad, Zalmay
United Nations -- Officials and employees -- Biography
2001-2009
Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography
Diplomatic relations.
Employees.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009
United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq
Iraq -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
Afghanistan -- Foreign relations
Biography.
Autobiographies.
Diplomater
Förenta staterna
Irak
Afghanistan
USA
Biografi
Självbiografier
Classmark 327.2092 B
Obak
Lz Khalilzad, Zalmay
Obak-qa
ISBN/ISSN 9781250083005 (hardcover)
1250083001 (hardcover)
99968751666 YBP
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