Dominica Library and Information Service OPAC
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Google Jackets

Taliban : militant Islam, oil, and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale Nota Bene, 2001.Description: xi, 279 p. : maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0300089023 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 958.104 21
Contents:
Introduction: Afghanistan's Holy Warriors -- Ch. 1. Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban -- Ch. 2. Herat 1995: God's Invincible Soldiers -- Ch. 3. Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful -- Ch. 4. Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North -- Ch. 5. Bamiyan 1998-99: The Never-Ending War -- Ch. 6. Challenging Islam: The New-Style Fundamentalism of the Taliban -- Ch. 7. Secret Society: The Taliban's Political and Military Organization -- Ch. 8. A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture -- Ch. 9. High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy -- Ch. 10. Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden -- Ch. 11. Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel -- Ch. 12. Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994-96 -- Ch. 13. Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines 1997-99 - The USA and the Taliban -- Ch. 14. Master or Victim: Pakistan's Afghan War -- Ch. 15. Shia and Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia -- Ch. 16. Conclusion: The Future of Afghanistan.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library Reference - Closed Reference REF 958.104 Ras (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 771p
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Afghanistan's Holy Warriors -- Ch. 1. Kandahar 1994: The Origins of the Taliban -- Ch. 2. Herat 1995: God's Invincible Soldiers -- Ch. 3. Kabul 1996: Commander of the Faithful -- Ch. 4. Mazar-e-Sharif 1997: Massacre in the North -- Ch. 5. Bamiyan 1998-99: The Never-Ending War -- Ch. 6. Challenging Islam: The New-Style Fundamentalism of the Taliban -- Ch. 7. Secret Society: The Taliban's Political and Military Organization -- Ch. 8. A Vanished Gender: Women, Children and Taliban Culture -- Ch. 9. High on Heroin: Drugs and the Taliban Economy -- Ch. 10. Global Jihad: The Arab-Afghans and Osama Bin Laden -- Ch. 11. Dictators and Oil Barons: The Taliban and Central Asia, Russia, Turkey and Israel -- Ch. 12. Romancing the Taliban 1: The Battle for Pipelines 1994-96 -- Ch. 13. Romancing the Taliban 2: The Battle for Pipelines 1997-99 - The USA and the Taliban -- Ch. 14. Master or Victim: Pakistan's Afghan War -- Ch. 15. Shia and Sunni: Iran and Saudi Arabia -- Ch. 16. Conclusion: The Future of Afghanistan.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.