Thieves of State - Why Corruption Threatens Global SecurityPaperback
Thieves of State - Why Corruption Threatens Global SecurityPaperback The world is blowing up. Is there some thread tying these frightening international security crises together? Every day a new…
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Thieves of State - Why Corruption Threatens Global SecurityPaperback
The world is blowing up. Is there some thread tying these frightening international security crises together? Every day a new blaze seems to ignite: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria; the East-West standoff in Ukraine; abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria.
These kleptocrats drive indignant populations to extremes--ranging from revolution to militant puritanical religion. 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. Chayes plunges readers into some of the most venal environments on earth and examines what emerges: Afghans returning to the Taliban, Egyptians overthrowing the Mubarak government (but also
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