The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan
ISBN: 9780674032248
出版年: 2009-5
页数: 448
定价: $ 23.73
内容简介
"The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan" explores the paradox at the center of this challenging phenomenon: how has a seemingly anachronistic band of religious zealots managed to retain a tenacious foothold in the struggle for Afghanistan's future? Grounding their analysis in a deep understanding of the country's past, leading scholars of Afghan history, politics, society, and culture show how the Taliban was less an attempt to revive a medieval theocracy than a dynamic, complex, and adaptive force rooted in the history of Afghanistan and shaped by modern international politics.