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Before Taliban : genealogies of the Afghan jihad / David B. Edwards.
LIBRA DS371.2 .E38 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, David B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Safi, Samiullah.
- Amin, Qazi Muhammad.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- If you want to read one book to understand the background to the political conflicts in Afghanistan and the Taliban's rise to power, this is the book. Edwards tells the stories of three men--a Marxist politician, a tribal leader, and an Islamic militant--to explain the complex political culture of Afghanistan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-345) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520228596
- 0520228618
- OCLC:
- 48249286
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