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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813806503321

Titolo

The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-26286-7

0-674-03002-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CrewsRobert D. <1970->

TarziAmin

Disciplina

958.1046

Soggetti

Afghan War, 2001-2021

Afghanistan History 1989-2001

Afghanistan History 2001-2021

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-417) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Maps; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1. Explaining the Taliban's Ability to Mobilize the Pashtuns; 2. The Rise and Fall of the Taliban; 3. The Taliban, Women, and the Hegelian Private Sphere; 4. Taliban and Talibanism in Historical Perspective; 5. Remembering the Taliban; 6. Fraternity, Power, and Time in Central Asia; 7. Moderate Taliban?; 8. The Neo-Taliban; Epilogue: Afghanistan and the Pax Americana; Notes; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Index