Thieves of state : why corruption threatens global security /
"Thieves of State identifies the unexpected force behind some of our world's most dramatic security challenges: corruption. Chayes, a former advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explains how the pursuit of personal enrichment by Mafia-like governments provokes extreme reactions that are p...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton and Company,
2016.
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| Summary: | "Thieves of State identifies the unexpected force behind some of our world's most dramatic security challenges: corruption. Chayes, a former advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explains how the pursuit of personal enrichment by Mafia-like governments provokes extreme reactions that are playing out in headlines every day: militant extremism from the Islamic State to the Taliban to Boko Haram, and revolutions from eth Arab Spring to Ukraine's Maidan."-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-244) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780393352283 0393352285 |