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