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100 1 _aFergusson, James,
_d1966-.
245 1 0 _aTaliban :
_bthe unknown enemy /
_cJames Fergusson.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aCambridge, MA :
_bDa Capo Press,
_c2011.
300 _a416 p., [14] p. of plates :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
500 _a“First Da Capo Press edition 2011 ; Copyright 2010 by James Fergusson”—reverse of title page.
500 _a“After supper, Abdullah told me to put my shoes back on : he wanted to show me something, and we were going for a short drive. It was long past midnight, and the air was sharp with frost as we picked our way by moonlight back up to the road where a car was waiting with the engine running…”—cover page.
504 _a“Includes bibliography”—(p. 396-398).
505 _aContents: 1. The tank of Islam : Kandahar, 1994 (p. 23)—2. The army of orphans : Peshawar, 1996 (p. 37)—3. ‘Try not to hurt the people!’ : Kabul, 1996-1998 (p. 72)—4. The government that might have been, 1998-2000 (p. 101)—5. The Al-Qaida hijack, 1999-2001 (p. 121)—6. Surviving the daisycutters, 2001-2003 (p. 145)—7. Like a jam-jar to a swarm of wasps : the insurgency explodes, 2003-2009 (p. 168)—8. The McChrystal plan : sawing wood with a hammer (p. 195)—9. ‘This one, this is the big one’ : Mullah Zaeef and the prospects for peace (p. 213)—10. The trouble with President Karzai (p. 249)—11. Getting rich quick in Tajik Kabul (p. 259)—12. Not black and white, but grey : Hizb-i-Islami and the Afghan Parliament (p. 282)—13. How to talk to the Taliban (p. 309)—14. In the Jalalabad fief of Shirzai (p. 326)—15. The Taliban of Chak—Postscript (p. 383)—Notes (p. 389)—Bibliography (p. 396)—Picture credits (p. 399)—Index (p. 403).
546 _aEnglish
610 2 0 _aTaliban.
610 2 0 _aTaliban
_z Afghanistan.
610 2 0 _aTaliban
_z Afghanistan
_x History.
650 0 _aIslamic fundamentalism
_z Afghanistan.
650 0 _aIslam and politics
_z Afghanistan.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x History
_y 1989-2001.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x History
_y 2001-.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Politics and government
_y 1989-2001.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x Politics and government
_y 2001-.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x History
_y 20th century.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_x History
_y 21st century.
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