(Ebook) Taliban by Ahmed Rashid ISBN 9780300266825, 0300266820

(Ebook) Taliban by Ahmed Rashid ISBN 9780300266825, 0300266820

This New York Times best seller remains the most informative and objective account of the Taliban available“The standard work in English on the Taliban.”—Christopher de Bellaigue, New York Review of Books“Rashid spent 21 years compiling the data and interpretive materials in thisabsorbing and disquieting book…. As the world enters an ominous stage ofhistory, Ahmed Rashid’s book can serve as an excellent primer, guide bookand briefng of what the future may hold.”—Arnold Ages, Chicago Jewish Star“A brilliant and absorbing explanation of the radical Islamic movement andAfghanistan’s wretched situation, Taliban became required reading not justfor journalists, but for the world’s senior politicians.”—Alex Spillius, Daily Telegraph“An extensively researched analysis by a noted journalist….A fascinating survey.”—Joshua Sinai, Journal of Homeland Security“Taliban… provides an important perspective untainted by excessiveemotion or jingoism. Rashid’s is an exceptional book that sorts out amultitude of questions for the non–Central Asian specialist trying to makesense of current headlines…. Rashid’s acute foresight produced a book that—if taken seriously by U.S. policymakers at the time it was first published— might have helped prevent a history-altering catastrophe.”—Middle East Insight“[Rashid is] Pakistan’s best and bravest reporter.” —Christopher Hitchens,Vanity Fair“This is a fine book—erudite, concise, sure-footed, packed withinformation and insight, easy to read. On each of the three majorinterrelated themes covered here—the history of the Taliban and the internalpolitics of Afghanistan; Islam and the Taliban; the ‘new Great Game’ of oiland gas in Central Asia— the author is illuminating and thorough.”—Dilip Hiro, Middle East International