Hamid Karzai /

Todd, Anne M.,

Hamid Karzai / Anne M. Todd ; introductory essay by Arthur M. Schlesinger, jr. - 104 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm. - Major World Leaders .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hamid Karzai takes the challenge -- Growing up in Afghanistan -- Soviet invasion -- The rise of the Taliban -- The fall of the Taliban -- After the Taliban -- Uncertain times -- Rebuilding Afghanistan -- Karzai brings hope--and skepticism.

A biography of the man who, in December 2001, was selected to head an interim government and lead Afghanistan toward peace and prosperity after many years of occupation, violence, and poverty.

0791076490 9780791076491


Karzai, Hamid, 1957- --Juvenile literature.


Presidents--Afghanistan--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Afghanistan--Politics and government.


Afghanistan--Politics and government--Juvenile literature.



--Reading book

958.1046 / TOD