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Technology Information:

Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan (Columbia/Hurst)

Description

Since the Allied invasion of Afghanistan in 2002, the Bush administration has celebrated the imminent demise of the Taliban, with claims of a "moral and psychological defeat" playing a prominent role in the presidential elections of 2004. Some commentators suggested that "reconstruction and development" had won over the Afghan population, despite widespread criticism of the meager distribution of aid and failed attempts at "nation building," not to mention the infamous corruption of Kabul's power-hoarding elites.

In March 2006, both Afghan and American officials continued to assert that "the Taliban are no longer able to fight large battles." Unfortunately that theory would soon collapse beneath the weight of a series of particularly ferocious clashes, causing the mood in the American media to turn from one of optimism to one of defeatism and impending catastrophe. Suddenly faced with a very sophisticated and creative form of guerilla warfare, the West found itself at a loss to fight an insurgency that bore little resemblance to its former enemy.

In the first book ever to be published on the neo-Taliban, Antonio Giustozzi provocatively argues that the appearance of the neo-Taliban should in no way have been a surprise. Beginning in 2003, a growing body of evidence began to surface that cast doubt on the official interpretation of the conflict. With the West cutting corners to maintain peace within the country, which included tolerating Afghanistan's burgeoning opium trade, the Taliban was able to regroup and grow in strength, weapons, and recruits. Giustozzi's book poses a bold challenge to contemporary accounts of the invasion and its aftermath and is an important investigation into the rise and dangerous future of the neo-Taliban.

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-23
Summary: "Excellent book fast delivery."

If you are looking to understand the war in Afghanistan from a historical perspective then this is the book for you.

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Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2008-01-06
Summary: "Fills an important gap, imperfectly"

Ahmed Rashid's "Taliban" is the definitive book on the Taliban pre-2001, and there is no equally well-researched and well-written account of their from power and the growing insurgency. Giustozzi's book is certainly well-researched, and very knowledgeable on many issues, but is by no means the book many have been waiting for. It's terribly written, and lacks any readability. Surprisingly, Giustozzi is light on many critical facets of the Taliban insurgency: links to the narcotics trade, operational catalysts such as the failure to disrupt the 2004 Afghan presidential election, the role of iconic individuals such as Mullah Dadullah, and an accurate account of UK and Canadian operations in 2006. Hopefully Ahmed Rashid will update his book soon. For now, Giustozzi's account is the best there is.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2007-12-18
Summary: "Very Timely Publication - Giustozzi tells it like it is"

Dr. Giustozzi brings a refreshing and honest take on the situation in Afghanistan. He dispels the Western propaganda of success and reconstruction and instead offers the reader an insight into the resurgence of the Taliban and the threats that it poses.