Customer Review: Considering that the book was written prior to September 11th attacks (and the polices that resulted) this book holds up fairly well. Above all, while this book near the end lays out a role for the U.S. diplomatically--it seems to lay out a framework for why any strategy involving the miltary... more info
Customer Review: Ms Peters has done great service by bringing the role of drugs in Afghanistan and Pakistan to our attention. The book is well researched and the author has shown great dedication in her work given the risk to journalists in that part of the world. Unfortunately, the book is poorly organized and not... more info
Customer Review: A good book that highlights some great items about the Afghan political, military, and specially cultural issues. The introduction is rather long but the rest of the book coves in the chapters (separate from each other) some good points
Customer Review: AFTER THE TALIBAN could easily have been featured in our Military Shelf section but is reviewed here for its wider-ranging importance to any college-level collection strong in military policy, politics, social issues and Afghan culture. It provides an insider's account - from an American Ambassador... more info
Customer Review: 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... more info
Customer Review: While this book does not equal the breadth and fluidity achieved by Ahmed Rashid in "Descent Into Chaos," it nevertheless manages to fully convey the difficulties army commanders from Alexander the Great to Gen. McChrystal have faced and will apparently continue to face in the country of... more info
Customer Review: In Afghanistan the atrocities being committed against women and children are the most horrifying I have heard. This book first tells about the lives of Afghanistan women before the Jehadi and Taliban took over, explains the difference between Muslim belief and Taliban belief, and dispels common... more info
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