AHMED RASHID
Monday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue

Co-presented with the TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. For this most timely evening, we are delighted to help welcome back, from his Lahore home, renowned Pakistani journalist (Washington Post, Daily Telegraph, BBC Online) and author Ahmed Rashid. First widely known in the U.S. for his book, Taliban, and subsequently, Jihad and The Resurgence of Central Asia, he is here with his newest, Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia (Viking). "Long overshadowed by the Iraq War, the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan and Central Asia finally receives a searching retrospective as Rashid surveys the region to reveal a thicket of ominous threats and lost opportunities ... The author blames the unwillingness of American policymakers to shoulder the burden of nation-building ... With his unparalleled access to sources, Rashid is an authoritative guide to the region's politics and his is an insightful, at times explosive, indictment of the U.S. government's hand in the region's degeneration." - Publishers Weekly. $5 tickets at the door (no advance tickets), with preferred seating for Town Hall members. Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information, please see www.townhallseattle.org, or call (206) 652-4255, or Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600.

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