false 113185 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg 113185 12 108976 2000 Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia total:325|5:82|4:141|3:87|2:14|1:1| 325 1264 543 61 12319 3.88 583 130 38648024 217489 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 311 2000 3 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Tue Nov 25 14:50:42 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 17:04:42 -0800 2008 2
It is still the definitive account of the rise and demise of the Taliban. (Although Michael Griffen's Reaping the whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan...more...]]> 68655848 1526851 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 4 0 false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 01:31:45 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 02:00:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67286945 172457 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 14:41:39 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 14:43:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 70852007 1383849 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 4 0 false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 10:15:35 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 10:11:40 -0700 2009
After reading this book, I am now convinced that the war on terror really rests on a stable Afghanistan and Pakistan. I think Bush should have concentrated on Afgh...more...]]> 61637252 2451882 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 0 0 false Tue Jun 30 10:31:11 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:37:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 41942658 130068 683872 0330492217 9780330492218 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177152083m/683872.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177152083s/683872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/683872.Taliban 4.00 1 Taliban: The story of the Afghan Warlords is the single best book available on the subject of the regime in Afghanistan responsible for harbouring the terrorist Osama bin Laden. Rashid is a Pakistani journalist who has spent most of his career reporting on the region--he has personally met and interviewed many of the Taliban's shadowy leaders. Taliban was written and published before the massacres of September 11, 2001, yet it is essential reading for anyone who hopes to understand the aftermath of that black day. It includes details on how and why the Taliban came to power, the government's oppression of ordinary citizens (especially women), the heroin trade, oil intrigue, and--in a vitally relevant chapter--bin Laden's sinister rise to power. These pages contain stories of mass slaughter, beheadings and the Taliban's crushing war against freedom: Under Mullah Omar, it has banned everything from kite flying to singing and dancing at weddings. Rashid is for the most part an objective reporter, though his rage sometimes (and understandably) comes to the surface: "The Taliban were right, their interpretation of Islam was right, and everything else was wrong and an expression of human weakness and a lack of piety", he notes with sarcasm. He has produced a compelling portrait of modern evil. --John Miller]]> 2000 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 05:39:31 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 05:46:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 54720998 759311 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 5 0 false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 15:10:54 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 15:19:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52991044 1613645 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 4 0 false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 23:49:47 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 14:56:42 -0700 2009
The book was published in 2000, ...more...]]> 39143944 1730430 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 4 0 false Tue Dec 02 15:55:18 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 09 10:51:15 -0700 2009
For thirty years the people of Afghanistan have suffered mass death, destruction of their lands and homes, privation, dislocation, and exploitation by foreign powers. From my comfortable life in New Jersey I wonde...more...]]> 21345522 899852 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 3 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 30 14:11:19 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 14:25:07 -0700 2008
I think this is an important book for anyone who wants to understand the Taliban, the Middle East, and the United States' history of fore...more...]]> 21357722 1057113 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 4 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 30 17:22:23 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 17:31:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 27680741 82878 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 3 0 false Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 21:18:28 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 22:00:10 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 78906963 2907630 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 5 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 24 18:31:36 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 18:34:43 -0800 2009 65363310 2568370 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 3 0 false Tue Jul 28 22:11:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 22:11:12 -0700 2009 38651787 562067 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 5 0 false Tue Nov 25 15:46:46 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 15:47:03 -0800 2008 75561394 2595448 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Oct 23 22:52:45 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 22:52:45 -0700 2009 60833436 1113365 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 3 0 false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 14:58:18 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 15:03:00 -0700 2009
What did I learn? That it is even more confusing than I anticipated.
I thought the book was thorough, and good, but not gripping by any means.]]> 52613898 167512 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 4 0 false Tue Apr 14 05:51:29 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 05:49:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 62435823 2149893 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 22:09:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 22:11:07 -0700 2009 44457617 1953654 113185 0300089023 9780300089028 57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815m/113185.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171670815s/113185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113185.Taliban_Militant_Islam_Oil_and_Fundamentalism_in_Central_Asia 3.89 325 2000 5 0 false Mon Jan 26 18:10:18 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 18:12:17 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=113185