Taliban: The Unknown Enemy - Rilegato

Fergusson, James

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ISBN 10: 0306820331 ISBN 13: 9780306820335

Casa editrice: Da Capo Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Offers a through history of the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan--from a small band of religious students led by a one-eyed village leader in 1994 to the undenyable military force that took over the country three years later. 35,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

Kirkus Reviews, 5/15/11
“An intriguing argument for negotiations with the Taliban presented as the necessary precondition for a political settlement and withdrawal.”

Boston Globe, 6/1/11 “This sympathetic and eye-opening account should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Afghanistan.”

San Francisco Chronicle, 7/31/11
“Fergusson’s critique of the West’s failures in Afghanistan is devastating, and his insightful conversations with Afghans, including Taliban and their supporters, are very much worth reading.”

Reference and Research Book News, October 2011 “Fergusson...offers a portrait of the history and current status of the Taliban in which he hopes to counter Western images of the group as mere ‘bearded bigots’ and to impress upon the reader that the only way out of the mess that is the war in Afghanistan will be through a negotiated settlement with the Taliban.”

 

L'autore:

James Fergusson is a freelance journalist and foreign correspondent who has covered the Taliban extensively. He is also the author of the award-winning book A Million Bullets. He lives in Edinburgh.

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• Editore: Da Capo Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0306820331
• ISBN 13: 9780306820335
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320