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Fountainhead of jihad : the Haqqani Nexus, 1973-2012 / Vahid Brown, Don Rassler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013. Description: x, 320 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780199327980 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.325095491 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6433. P182.
Contents:
Contents: Authors’ acknowledgements—List of illustrations—Introduction—1. Situating the Haqqanis : origins, political culture, regional contexts—2. Birth of the nexus : the Haqqani Network, foreign fighters, and the origins of al-Qa’ida—3. The fountainhead : the Haqqani Network, the Taliban, and the rise of global Jihad—4. Local : Pakistani Taliban factions and other local insurgent units—5. Regional : the Pakistani state and its inter-services intelligence directorate—6. Global : al-Qa’ida and other global Jihadist groups—7. Entanglements and management of the Haqqanis’ nexus position—Conclusion—Notes—Bibliography—Index.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University HV6433.P182.B769 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000367622
Total holds: 0

“Includes bibliography”—(pages 295-305).

Contents: Authors’ acknowledgements—List of illustrations—Introduction—1. Situating the Haqqanis : origins, political culture, regional contexts—2. Birth of the nexus : the Haqqani Network, foreign fighters, and the origins of al-Qa’ida—3. The fountainhead : the Haqqani Network, the Taliban, and the rise of global Jihad—4. Local : Pakistani Taliban factions and other local insurgent units—5. Regional : the Pakistani state and its inter-services intelligence directorate—6. Global : al-Qa’ida and other global Jihadist groups—7. Entanglements and management of the Haqqanis’ nexus position—Conclusion—Notes—Bibliography—Index.

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