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Reaping the whirlwind : Afghanistan, Al Qaʾida and the holy war / Michael Griffin.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DS371.2 .G739 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffin, Michael, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taliban.
- Islamic fundamentalism--Afghanistan.
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Islam and state.
- Afghanistan.
- Islam and state--Afghanistan.
- Islam and politics--Afghanistan.
- Islam and politics.
- Afghanistan--History--1989-.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 435 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- First published weeks before Al Qa'ida became the most reviled Islamist movement in history, this thoroughly updated edition of Michael Griffin's acclaimed book provides a cradle-to-grave narrative of Afghanistan's Taliban movement, its relationship with Osama bin Ladin, the hatching of the September 11 conspiracy and the war that followed the destruction of the World Trade Center.
- Contents:
- The killing of Najibullah
- City of night
- Warriors of God
- Mission to cleanse
- Burning down the house
- The zahir option
- The new emirates
- Nest of vipers
- Oblivion's feast
- Hostages
- Ignoble grave
- A fistful of dollars
- Satellites and stars
- The bicycle thieves
- Mr. Sam vs the food and beverage industry
- Head of the snake
- Manual of a raid
- The first circle
- The storm of airplanes
- The road to Kandahar
- The battle of Shah-i Kot
- The raw and the cooked
- The who's who of the Taliban
- Principal characters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-415) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0745319165
- 0745319157
- OCLC:
- 52057973
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