Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan Conflict

by Thomas Johnson and Thomas H. Johnson

Book Overview

Why has the Taliban been so much more effective in presenting messages that resonate with the Afghan population than the United States, the Afghan government and their allies? This book, based on years of field research and the assessment of hundreds of original source materials, examines the information operations and related narratives of Afghan insurgents, especially the Afghan Taliban, and investigates how the Taliban has won the information war...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190840609
• ISBN13: 9780190840600
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"