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| | Taliban:
Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
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| | by Ahmed Rashid
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ZIN Product Number: 10058488
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300083408
Release Date: Jan 12, 2002
Average Reader Review:   (Based on 1 review.)
| |  | | | In Brief
As a frightening—and proliferating—new force in the Islamic world, the Taliban extremists who now control Afghanistan are likely to be the subject of increasing global attention; they are the most radical of all Islamic fundamentalist movements. This book is the only thorough book-length study on the Taliban to date and sets them in the wider context of world politics. It covers not just the Taliban, but also the geo-politics of the region and controversial issues such as Islamic fundamentalism, Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban's treatment of women, the drug trade, and the oil politics of Central Asia. It is likely to be an indispensable source to a wide array of professionals and other interested readers.
| | | | From The Publisher
Shrouding themselves and their aims in deepest secrecy, the leaders of the Taliban movement control Afghan-istan with an inflexible, crushing fundamentalism. The most extreme and radical of all Islamic organizations, the Taliban inspires fascination, controversy, and especially fear in both the Muslim world and the West. Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban into sharp focus in this enormously interesting and revealing book. It is the only authoritative account of the Taliban and modern day Afghanistan available to English language readers.
Based on his experiences as a journalist covering the civil war in Afghanistan for twenty years, traveling and living with the Taliban, and interviewing most of the Taliban leaders since their emergence to power in 1994, Rashid offers unparalleled firsthand information. He explains how the growth of Taliban power has already created severe instability in Russia, Iran, Pakistan, and five Central Asian republics. He describes the Taliban' s role as a major player in a new "Great Game"—a competition among Western countries and companies to build oil and gas pipelines from Central Asia to Western and Asian markets. The author also discusses the controversial changes in American attitudes toward the Taliban—from early support to recent bombings of Osama Bin Laden's hideaway and other Taliban-protected terrorist bases—and how they have influenced the stability of the region.
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This book is the only thorough book-length study on the Taliban to date and sets them in the wider context of world politics. It covers not just the Taliban, but also the geo-politics of the region and controversial issues such as Islamic fundamentalism, Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban's treatment of women, the drug trade, and the oil politics of Central Asia.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 1 Average Rating:
A Good Book
-- A reviewer, a seventh grader in PA, January 10, 2002
| | | | The Reader's Catalog
A timely look at the shadowy world of the Taliban, their radical version of Islam and their impact on the culture and politics of Afghanistan. "An excellent political and historical account of the movement's rise to power" — Katha Pollit, Nation
| |  | | | The Word On The Street
Rashid combines close journalistic experience with the Taliban and long-term knowledge of Afghanistan in this work of great depth and understanding.
—(Barnett Rubin author of The Segmentation of Afghanistan and The Search for Peace in Afghanistan) —Barnett R. Rubin
This is an impressive analysis of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, of its background and impact on our country, and the wider regional and political implications of the Taliban advent power….
—(Fred Halliday, Professor of International Relations of The London School of Economics author of Revolution and World Politics: The Rise and Fall of Sixth Great Power) —Fred Halliday
| |  | | | Accreditation
Ahmed Rashid is a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph, reporting on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia.
| |  | | | | Preface and Acknowledgements | vii | | Maps | xiii | | Introduction: Afghanistan's Holy Warriors | 1 | | Part 1 | History of the Taliban Movement | | | Chapter 1 | Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban | 17 | | Chapter 2 | Herat 1995: God's Invincible Soldiers | 31 | | Chapter 3 | Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful | 41 | | Chapter 4 | Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North | 55 | | Chapter 5 | Bamiyan 1998-99: The Never-Ending War | 67 | | Part 2 | Islam and the Taliban | | | Chapter 6 | Challenging Islam: The New-Style Fundamentalism of the Taliban | 82 | | Chapter 7 | Secret Society: The Taliban's Political and Military Organization | 95 | | Chapter 8 | A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture | 105 | | Chapter 9 | High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy | 117 | | Chapter 10 | Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden | 128 | | Part 3 | The New Great Game | | | Chapter 11 | Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel | 143 | | Chapter 12 | Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994-96 | 157 | | Chapter 13 | Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines 1997-99--The USA and the Taliban | 170 | | Chapter 14 | Master or Victim: Pakistan's Afghan War | 183 | | Chapter 15 | Shia and Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia | 196 | | Chapter 16 | Conclusion: The Future of Afghanistan | 207 | | Appendices | 217 | | Notes | 248 | | Index | 266 |
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