Karzai: The Failing American Intervention and the Struggle for Afghanistan
In 2004, Hamid Karzai was elected president in Afghanistan's first-ever democratic election. Today, criticized for indecisiveness and targeted for assassination by extremists, President Karzai struggles to build on the country's modest post-Taliban achievements before civil unrest undermines his government.
Now, author Nick Mills draws on months of candid personal interviews with the charismatic Afghan president to offer a revealing portrait of the figure known to millions by his familiar uniform of karakul cap and long green chappan. Timely and compelling, Karzai tells the fascinating story of a unique leader with a keen intellect, a natural gift for storytelling, and a presidency in peril.
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Book details
- Author
- Nick Mills
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 256
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography › Political
History › Asia - Topics
- Hamid Karzai · Afghan politics · war on terror · US intervention · political biography · post-Taliban era · Afghan history
- ISBN-13
- 9780470134009
About the author
NICK B. MILLS is an associate professor of journalism at Boston University’s College of Communication and the author of Karzai: The Failing American Intervention and the Struggle for Afghanistan and Combat Photographer.
Mills has worked as a radio news reporter, anchor, and news director, and has served as a media trainer and consultant internationally. He served in the Peace Corps' Colombia Educational TV project and commanded a U.S. Army combat photo team in Vietnam.
When he’s not writing, Mills draws on decades of field experience, including serving as field director of Boston University’s Afghan Media Project, which helped establish the Afghan Media Resource Center. He first met Hamid Karzai in the 1980s, and his book on Karzai draws on months of exclusive personal interviews with the Afghan president.