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Taliban : the power of militant Islam in Afghanistan and beyond / Ahmed Rashid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rashid, Ahmed, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taliban.
- Islamic fundamentalism--Afghanistan.
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Islam and state--Afghanistan.
- Islam and state.
- Islam and politics--Afghanistan.
- Islam and politics.
- Afghanistan--Politics and government--20th century.
- Afghanistan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 pages)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- This New York Times best seller remains the most informative and objective account of the Taliban available.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Foreword to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface and Acknowledgements to the First Edition
- Maps
- Introduction: Afghanistan’s Holy Warriors
- Part 1: History of the Taliban Movement
- Chapter 1 Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban
- Chapter 2 Herat 1995: God’s Invincible Soldiers
- Chapter 3 Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful
- Chapter 4 Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North
- Chapter 5 Bamiyan 1998-99: The Never-Ending War
- Part 2: Islam and the Taliban
- Chapter 6 Challenging Islam: The New-Style Fundamentalism of the Taliban
- Chapter 7 Secret Society: The Taliban’s Political and Military Organization
- Chapter 8 A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture
- Chapter 9 High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy
- Chapter 10 Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden
- Part 3: The New Great Game
- Chapter 11 Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel
- Chapter 12 Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994–96
- Chapter 13 Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines 1997–99 – The USA and the Taliban
- Chapter 14 Master or Victim: Pakistan’s Afghan War
- Chapter 15 Shia Versus Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia
- Chapter 16 Conclusion: The Future of Afganistan
- Chapter 17 The Taliban Resurgent 2000–2009
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-26899-8
- OCLC:
- 1338837693
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