Taliban
Subtitle: the unknown enemy
By: James Fergusson
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780306820335; 9780306820342
Subjects: Politics and government; Taliban; Islam and politics; Islamic fundamentalism; History
Description: Offers a 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.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Bantam Press"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-398) and index.