Thieves of state : why corruption threatens global security / Sarah Chayes.
By: Chayes, Sarah.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, ©2016Edition: First edition.Description: x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393352283 (softcover).Subject(s): Political corruption -- Case studies | Security, International -- Case studies | Political corruption | Security, InternationalGenre/Form: Case studies. | Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"If I see somebody planting an IED ..." : Afghanistan, 2009 -- "Lord King, how I wish that you were wise" : mirrors for princes, ca. 700-1516 -- Hearing the people's complaints : Kandahar to Kabul, 2001-2009 -- Nonkinetic targeting : Kabul, 2009 -- Vertically integrated criminal syndicates : Kabul, Garmisch, 2009-2010 -- Revolt against kleptocracy : the Arab spring : Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, 2011 -- Variation 1: The (overlooked) military-kleptocratic complex : Egypt, ca. 2010 -- Variation 2: The bureaucratic kleptocracy : Tunisia, ca. 2010 -- Variation 3: The post-Soviet kleptocratic autocracy : Uzbekistan, ca. 2013 -- Variation 4: The resource kleptocracy : Nigeria, ca. 2014 -- Up a level : Afghanistan and Washington, June 2010-January 2011 -- Forging an appeal on Earth : The Netherlands, England, America, ca. 1560-1787 -- Violent extremists -- Remedies -- Epilogue: Self-reflection -- Appendix.
A former advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains the common role of corruption in today's international uprisings, tracing corruption since the 1990s while arguing that corrupt governments have been largely responsible for extreme acts of rebellion.