Decoding the new Taliban : insights from the Afghan field /

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Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
Description:xiii, 318 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7848312
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Other authors / contributors:Giustozzi, Antonio.
ISBN:9780231701129
0231701128
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Taliban and the Opium Trade
  • 2. Reading the Taliban
  • 3. The Resurgence of the Taliban in Kabul: Logar and Wardak
  • 4. Loya Paktia's Insurgency
  • (i). The Haqqani Network as an Autonomous Entity
  • (ii). Roots of the insurgency in the Southeast
  • 5. The Return of the Taliban in Andar District: Ghazni
  • 6. The Taliban in Helmand: An Oral History
  • 7. Unruly Commanders andViolent Power Struggles: Taliban Networks in Uruzgan
  • 8. Taliban in Zabul: A Witness' Account
  • 9. What Kandahar's Taliban Say
  • 10. The Taliban's Marches: Herat, Farah, Baghdis and Ghor
  • 11. Taliban and Counter-Insurgency in Kunar
  • 12. Northern Exposure for the Taliban
  • 13. The Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan
  • Conclusion
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index