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Silinsky, Mark.

The Taliban : Afghanistan's most lethal insurgents / Mark Silinsky ; foreword by Raymond Taras. - xx, 263 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. - PSI guides to terrorists, insurgents, and armed groups . - PSI guides to terrorists, insurgents, and armed groups. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index.

Foreword / by Raymond Taras -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Afghanistan's landscape, people, and islamism -- Enter the Taliban -- The taliban in power -- The Taliban in defeat -- The Taliban recover in Pakistan -- The Taliban improve their tactics -- Taliban Inc. -- Affiliated insurgent groups and foreign sources of aid -- The counterinsurgency in Afghanistan -- Afterword: dystopia -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN: 9780313398971 (hardcopy : alk. paper) 0313398976 (hardcopy : alk. paper)

Standard No.: 40023903274

LCCN: 2013046869

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Taliban.
Taliban.
Taliban.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1989 - 2001

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islamic fundamentalism--Afghanistan.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Political science.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Afghanistan--Politics and government--1989-2001.
Afghanistan.
Afghanistan.

LC Class. No.: DS371.3 / .S56 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 958.104/7