Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan

by Robert D. Crews

Book Overview

The Taliban remain one of the most elusive forces in modern history. A ragtag collection of clerics and madrasa students, this obscure movement emerged out of the rubble of the Cold War to shock the world with their draconian Islamic order. The Taliban refused to surrender their vision even when confronted by the United States after September 11, 2001. Reinventing themselves as part of a broad insurgency that destabilized Afghanistan, they pledged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674032241
• ISBN13: 9780674032248
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

God Book

A good book that highlights some great items about the Afghan political, military, and specially cultural issues. The introduction is rather long but the rest of the book coves in the chapters (separate from each other) some good points

A fascinating book

This book is extremely well written and is a fount of information. It is a must for anyone trying to understand the mess in Afghanistan.