The Taliban : Afghanistan's most lethal insurgents / Mark Silinsky ; foreword by Raymond Taras.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: PSI guides to terrorists, insurgents, and armed groupsPublication details: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, ©2014.Description: xx, 263 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780313398971 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
- 958.104/7 23
- DS371.3. S555 2014
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS371.3.S555 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000366798 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Foreword by Raymond Taras—Preafce—Introduction—Abbreviations—1. Afghanistan’s landscape, the people, and Islamism—2. Enter the Taliban—3. The Taliban in power—4. The Taliban in defeat—5. The Taliban’s recovery in Pakistan—6. The Taliban improve their tactics and firepower—7. Taliban inc.—8. Affiliated insurgent groups and foreign connections—9. The counterinsurgency in Afghanistan—Afterword : Salafist dystopia—Appendix : coalition military fatalities by year—Notes—Bibliography—Index.
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