Title: Fundamentalism reborn? : Afghanistan and the Taliban /
Authors: Maley, William, 1957-
Publisher: New York University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Taliban; Afghanistan History
Contents: Introduction : interpreting the Taliba / William Maley -- Afghanistant's path to crisis -- The northern crisis -- The social and doctrinal roots of the Taliban -- On fundamentalism, traditionalism, and totalitarianism -- Making sense of the Taliban -- The Rabbani Government, 1992-1996 / Amin Saikal -- Political legitimacy -- Elite settlement -- Intra-party difficulties -- Pakistan's interference -- How the Taliban became a military force / Anthony Davis -- The military rise of the Taliban -- The south -- Kabul -- The west -- Kabul again -- The campaign in the east and the seizure of Kabul -- Pakistan and the Taliban / Ahmed Rashid -- The Taliban and the Jamiat-e Ulema-i Islam -- The Taliban and the transport mafia -- The Taliban and the Bhutto government -- The Taliban and Pakistan's provincial governments -- The Taliban and the ISI -- The United States and the Taliban / Richard Mackenzie -- Shaping US policy -- The evolution of US policy -- US interests and the Taliban -- Building support for pipelines -- The breakdown of US policy -- Russia, Central Asia and the Taliban / Anthony Hyman -- Responding to disintregation -- The Taliban's northern campaign -- Arm supplies -- Saudi Arabia, Iran and the conflict in Afghanistan / Anwar-ul-haq Ahady -- Period One : 1979-1988 -- Period Two : 1988-1992 -- Period Three : 1992 to the present -- Shifting interests and strategies -- The influence of the wider world --