Threes, Sixes & Thieves
β Cosgrove, Julie B;
π Fiction
π
2017
π Pelican Book Group;Prism
π English
β 142 KB
π 2 views
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Thieves of State
β Scribed by Sarah Chayes
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 313 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains how government's oldest problem is its greatest destabilizing force.
The world is blowing up. Every day a new blaze seems to ignite: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria; the East-West standoff in Ukraine; abducted schoolgirls in northern Nigeria. Is there some thread tying these frightening international security crises together? In a riveting account that weaves history with fast-moving reportage and insider accounts from the Afghanistan war, Sarah Chayes identifies the unexpected link: corruption.
Since the late 1990s, corruption has reached such an extent that some governments resemble glorified criminal gangs, bent solely on their own enrichment. These kleptocrats drive indignant populations to extremes--ranging from revolution to militant puritanical religion. Chayes plunges readers into some of the most venal environments on earth and examines what emerges: Afghans returning to the Taliban, Egyptians...
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