Sarah Chayes, Author . Penguin Press $25.95 (386p) ISBN 978-1-59420-096-0
Afghanistan only uncovers itself with intimacy, and intimacy takes time," writes Chayes, a skilled but increasingly frustrated journalist, whose determination "to grasp the underlying pattern" during and after the toppling of the Taliban
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Sarah Chayes. Norton, $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-393-23946-1
Chayes (Punishment of Virtue) argues here that corruption among foreign governments angers local populations and thereby undermines U.S. foreign policy. Framing the narrative using medieval and Renaissance texts from the genre known as “mirrors for...
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Sarah Chayes. Knopf, $28.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-525-65485-8
In this sweeping and remarkably clear-eyed account, journalist Chayes (Thieves of State) explains how unethical behavior by high-ranking government officials and their associates has resulted in tremendous income inequality and the proliferation of...
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