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| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781850659617 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
DS 371.4 .D43 2009 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Decoding the new Taliban : insights from the Afghan field / editor Antonio Giustozzi. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : Hurst, 2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 318 p. : maps ; 22 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents: 1. The Taliban and the opium trade |
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Gretchen S. Peters—2. Reading the Taliban |
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Joanna Nathan—3. The resurgence of the Taliban in Kabul: Logar and Wardak |
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Mohammad Osman Tariq Elias—4. Loya Paktia's insurgency: (i) The Haqqani network as an autonomous entity, (ii) Roots of the insurgency in the Southeast |
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Thomas Ruttig—5. The return of the Taliban in Andar district, Ghazni |
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Christoph Reuter and Borhan Younus—6. The Taliban in Helmand : an oral history |
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Tom Coghlan—7. Unruly commanders and violent power struggles : Taliban networks in Uruzgan |
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Martine van Bijlert—8. Taliban in Zabul : a witness' account |
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Abdul Awwal Zabulwal—9. What Kandahar's Taliban say |
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Graeme Smith—10. The Taliban's marches : Heart, Farah, Badghis and Ghos |
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Antonio Giustozzi—11. Taliban and counter-insurgency in Kunar |
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David Kilcullen—12. Northern exposure for the Taliban |
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Sippi Azerbaijani Moghaddam—13. The Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan |
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Claudio Franco. |
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While the 'New Taliban' looms large in the global media, little is known about how it functions as an organisation. How united is it? Are its structures relatively strong, or surprisingly brittle? Are personal relations and networking based on traditional ties of kin and ethnicity the sum total of its organisational capabilities, or are efforts underway to build more institutionalised chains of command? How united is the New Taliban, and how does it maintain whatever degree of unity it has, given the attrition it has suffered in the field? And to what extent is its leadership able to impose switches in strategy among the rank-and- file, given Afghanistan's difficult geography and poor communications? These are among the questions answered in this book by a renowned cast of practitioners, journalists and academics, all of whom have long field experience of the latest phase of the New Taliban's insurgency in Afghanistan. 'Decoding the New Taliban' includes a number of detailed studies of specific regions or provinces, which for different reasons are especially significant for the Taliban and for understanding their expansion. Alongside these regional studies, the volume includes thematic analyses of negotiating with the Taliban, the Taliban's propaganda effort and its strategic vision—abstract. |
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| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Insurgency – Afghanistan – History – 21st century. |
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Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-. |
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Afghanistan – History – 2001-. |
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Operation Enduring Freedom. |
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Taliban. |
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