General Information

Uniform Title

Taliban, Islam, oil and the new great game in Central Asia.

Author/Creator

Rashid, Ahmed.

Language

English.

Published

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000.

Physical Description

xi, 279 p. : maps ; 20 cm.

Subjects

Subject

Taliban.

Islamic fundamentalism > Afghanistan.

Islam and state > Afghanistan.

Islam and politics > Afghanistan.

Afghanistan > Politics and government > 1973-1989.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Ahmed Rashid.

Content

Kandahar 1994: the origins of the Taliban -- Herat 1995: God's invincible soldiers -- Kabul 1996: commander of the faithful -- Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: massacre in the north -- Bamiyan 1998-99: the never-ending war -- Challenging Islam: the new-style fundamentalism of the Taliban -- Secret society: the Taliban's political and military organization -- A vanished gender: women, children and Taliban culture -- High on heroin: drugs and the Taliban economy -- Global jihad: the Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden -- Dictators and oil barons: the Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel -- Romancing the Taliban 1: the battle for pipelines 1994-96 -- Romancing the Taliban 2: the battle for pipelines 1997-99: the USA and the Taliban -- Master or victim: Pakistan's Afghan war -- Shia and Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia -- Conclusion: the future of Afghanistan.

ISBN

0300089023

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	958.104 RAS		General Stacks	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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