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Record Nr.

UNINA9910766895403321

Autore

Cristol Jonathan

Titolo

The United States and the Taliban before and after 9/11 / / by Jonathan Cristol

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-97172-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (118 pages)

Disciplina

327.730581

Soggetti

Security, International

International relations

Middle East—Politics and government

United States—Politics and government

Peace

Politics and war

International Security Studies

Foreign Policy

Middle Eastern Politics

US Politics

Conflict Studies

Military and Defence Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Diplomatic Recognition and the Taliban Movement -- 2. The Rise of the Taliban -- 3. The Taliban Take Kabul and A New Friend Moves to Kandahar -- 4. US/Taliban Relations and the Intervention of Domestic Politics -- 5. The US and the Taliban Talk in Circles as the Bin Laden Threat Grows -- 6. Conclusion: One Last Chance.

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of the United States’ relationship with the Taliban from the start of the Taliban movement until its retreat from Kabul in the face of the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The US and the Taliban held countless meetings, but could never come to a



workable arrangement, and this book examines both why diplomatic recognition was so important to the Taliban government and why the US refused to recognize it. It presents a concise, readable, and interesting perspective on US/Taliban relations from the fall of Kabul in 1996 until the fall of Kabul in 2001. Jonathan Cristol is Research Fellow in the Levermore Global Scholars Program at Adelphi University, USA, and Senior Fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, USA.