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Robert D. Crews
Offering an invaluable guide to "what went wrong" with the American reconstruction project in Afghanistan, this book accounts for the persistence of a powerful and enigmatic movement while simultaneously mapping Afghanistans enduring political crisis.
Introduction Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi 1. Explaining the Taliban's Ability to Mobilize the Pashtuns Abdulkader Sinno 2. The Rise and Fall of the Taliban Neamatollah Nojumi 3. The Taliban, Women, and the Hegelian Private Sphere Juan R. I. Cole 4. Taliban and Talibanism in Historical Perspective M. Nazif Shahrani 5. Remembering the Taliban Lutz Rzehak 6. Fraternity, Power, and Time in Central Asia Robert L. Canfield 7. Moderate Taliban? Robert D. Crews 8. The Neo-Taliban Amin Tarzi Epilogue: Afghanistan and the Pax Americana Atiq Sarwari and Robert D. Crews Notes Contributors Acknowledgments Index