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Author:

Rashid, Ahmed.

Title:

Taliban : militant Islam, oil and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xvii, 319 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Taliban.
Islamic fundamentalism--Afghanistan.
Islam and state--Afghanistan.
Islam and politics--Afghanistan.
Afghanistan--Politics and government--1973-1989.
Afghanistan--Politics and government--1989-2001.
Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-304) and index.

Contents:

Pt.1. History of the Taliban movement. Kandahar 1994: the origins of the Taliban ; Herat 1995: God's invincible soldiers ; Kabul 1996: commander of the faithful ; Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: massacre in the north ; Bamiyan 1998-99: the never-ending war -- pt.2. Islam and the Taliban. Challenging Islam: the new-style fundamentalism of the Taliban ; Secret society: the Taliban's political and military organization ; A vanished gender: women, children and Taliban culture ; High on heroin: drugs and the Taliban economy ; Global jihad: the Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden -- pt.3. The new great game. Dictators and oil barons: the Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel ; Romancing the Taliban 1: the battle for pipelines 1994-96 ; Romancing the Taliban 2: the battle for pipelines 1997-99, The USA and the Taliban ; Master or victim: Pakistan's Afghan war ; Shia versus Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia ; Conclusion: the future of Afghanistan ; The Taliban resurgent 2000-2009.

ISBN:

0300163681
9780300163681

OCLC:

(OCoLC)449855039

LCCN:

2009938249

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)