The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan

By Robert D. Crews

Book Overview

A key question of this work is how has a motley crew of zealots managed to retain a foothold in the struggle for Afghanistan's future. Here, leading scholars show how the Taliban was less an attempt to revive a medieval theocracy than a dynamic and adaptive force rooted in the history of Afghanistan and shaped by international politics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067402690X
• ISBN13: 9780674026902
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

God Book

A good book that highlights some great items about the Afghan political, military, and specially cultural issues. The introduction is rather long but the rest of the book coves in the chapters (separate from each other) some good points

A fascinating book

This book is extremely well written and is a fount of information. It is a must for anyone trying to understand the mess in Afghanistan.