The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan

[This book] explores ... how has a seemingly anachronistic band of religious zealots managed to retain a tenacious foothold in the struggle for Afghanistan's future ... [It] investigates ... questions relating to the character of the Taliban, its evolution over time, and its capacity to affect...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Crews, Robert D., 1970- (-), Tarzi, Amin
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press 2008.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Explaining the Taliban's ability to mobilize the Pashtuns / Abdulkader Sinno
  • The rise and fall of the Taliban / Neamatollah Nojumi
  • The Taliban, women, and the Hegelian private sphere / Juan R.I. Cole
  • Taliban and Talibanism in historical perspective / M. Nazif Shahrani
  • Remembering the Taliban / Lutz Rzehak
  • Fraternity, power, and time in Central Asia / Robert L. Canfield
  • Moderate Taliban? / Robert D. Crews
  • The Neo-Taliban / Amin Tarzi
  • Epilogue : Afghanistan and the Pax Americana / Atiq Sarwari and Robert D. Crews.