The Taliban: War And Religion In Afghanistan

This book captures the author's unrivaled knowledge of Afghanistan, its politics and its people. One amazing chapter sweeps through 9,000 years of history, while others provide a rich analysis of the Taliban's arrival. This book deserves a place on bookshelf on anyone seeking to understand why afghanistan remains pivotal in world politics.

"Marsden picks his way carefully and thoughfully through minefield that is his subjectmatter... This book provides the best launch pad for an understandin of what is going on in Afghanistan."

                                       New Internationalist

"This book is particulary good on the quivocal role played by the Americans. The US tacitly backed the Pax Talibana. Their hope was that regional stability would allow a US company to build a pipeline to bring Central asia's energy reserves via Afghanistan, rather than through the territory of its old enemy, Iran."

                                     The Sunday Telegraph

£8.00