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UNINA9910779572403321 |
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Autore |
Bergen Peter <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Talibanistan [[electronic resource] ] : Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-998677-0 |
1-299-45687-1 |
0-19-989308-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (515 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Afghan War, 2001- |
Insurgency -- Afghanistan |
Insurgency -- Pakistan |
Qaida (Organization) |
Religious militants -- Afghanistan |
Religious militants -- Pakistan |
Taliban |
Insurgency - Pakistan |
Insurgency - Afghanistan |
Religious militants - Pakistan |
Religious militants - Afghanistan |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 |
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East |
History & Archaeology |
South Asia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; ONE: The Taliban in Kandahar; TWO: The Relationship Between al-Qaeda and the Taliban; THREE: The Taliban in Zabul and Uruzgan; FOUR: The Taliban in North Waziristan; FIVE: The Taliban in South Waziristan; SIX: Pakistan's Counterinsurgency Strategy; SEVEN: CIA Drone Strikes and |
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the Taliban; EIGHT: The Drone War: View from the Ground; NINE: Public Opinion in Pakistan's Tribal Regions; TEN: The Political Landscape of the Taliban Insurgency in Pakistan; ELEVEN: The Taliban in Swat; TWELVE: The Taliban in Bajaur |
THIRTEEN: The Taliban in Pakistan: An OverviewFOURTEEN: The 80 Percent Solution: The Strategic Defeat of bin Laden's al-Qaeda and Implications for South Asian Security; FIFTEEN: Negotiations with the Taliban; A Note on Spelling; A Note on the Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The longest war the United States has ever fought is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. But when we speak of ""Afghanistan,"" we really mean a conflict that straddles the border with Pakistan--and the reality of Islamic militancy on that border is enormously complicated. In Talibanistan, an unparalleled group of experts offer a nuanced understanding of this critical region. Edited by Peter Bergen, author of the bestselling books The Longest War and The Osama Bin Laden I Know, and Katherine Tiedemann, these essays examine in detail the embattled territory from Kandahar in Afghanistan to Pakistan's |
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