Taliban :militant Islam, oil, and fundamentalism in Central Asia

Main Author:	Rashid, Ahmed.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale Nota Bene, 2001.
Subjects:	Taliban. Islamic fundamentalism > Afghanistan. Islam and state > Afghanistan. Islam and politics > Afghanistan. Afghanistan > Politics and government > 1973-

Physical Description:	xi, 279 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0300089023
Author Notes:	Pakistani journalist and bestselling author Ahmed Rashid was born in Rawalpindi in 1948. He was educated at Malvern College in England, Government College in Lahore, and Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge. He works as a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph and writes for the Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and academic journals. His titles include Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia, and Descent into Chaos. (Bowker Author Biography)