Taliban
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Taliban
Summary
An award-winning author, foreign correspondent, and freelance journalist analyzes the history--and current insurgency--of the Taliban while asking provocative questions about our Afghanistan strategy.
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Taliban by James Fergusson
From a small group of religious students formed in 1994, the Taliban quickly grew into a national movement that occupied all of Afghanistan. Led by the mysterious Mullah Omar, the group established a theocracy based on strict observance of Sharia law. When the Americans overthrew the Taliban in 2001, the United States thought the regime had been defeated. Yet today, nine years later, the Taliban continue to wage a bloody insurgency. In this extraordinary and compelling account of the rise, fall, and return of the Taliban, author James Fergusson, who has unique access to its shadowy leaders, presents the reality of themovement so often mischaracterized in the press. His surprising and, perhaps, uncomfortable conclusions about our current strategy in Afghanistan should be required reading for anyone who wishes to understand this intractable conflict.
Kirkus Reviews, 5/15/11 "An intriguing argument for negotiations with the Taliban presented as the necessary precondition for a political settlement and withdrawal" Boston Globe, 6/1/11 "This sympathetic and eye-opening account should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Afghanistan." San Francisco Chronicle, 7/31/11 "Fergusson's critique of the West's failures in Afghanistan is devastating, and his insightful conversations with Afghans, including Taliban and their supporters, are very much worth reading." Reference and Research Book News, October 2011 "Fergusson...offers a portrait of the history and current status of the Taliban in which he hopes to counter Western images of the group as mere 'bearded bigots' and to impress upon the reader that the only way out of the mess that is the war in Afghanistan will be through a negotiated settlement with the Taliban."
James Fergusson is a freelance journalist and foreign correspondent who has covered the Taliban extensively. He is also the author of the award-winning book A Million Bullets. He lives in Edinburgh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780306820335 |
| ISBN 10 | 0306820331 |
| Title | Taliban |
| Author | James Fergusson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hachette Books |
| Year published | 2011-05-24 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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