The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan

Edited by Robert D. Crews

Edited by Amin Tarzi

    Introduction
    Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi

    1. Explaining the Taliban's Ability to Mobilize the Pashtuns
    Abdulkader Sinno

    2. The Rise and Fall of the Taliban
    Neamatollah Nojumi

    3. The Taliban, Women, and the Hegelian Private Sphere
    Juan R.˚I. Cole

    4. Taliban and Talibanism in Historical Perspective
    M. Nazif Shahrani

    5. Remembering the Taliban
    Lutz Rzehak

    6. Fraternity, Power, and Time in Central Asia
    Robert L. Canfield

    7. Moderate Taliban?
    Robert D. Crews

    8. The Neo-Taliban
    Amin Tarzi

    Epilogue: Afghanistan and the Pax Americana
    Atiq Sarwari and Robert D. Crews

    Notes

    Contributors

    Acknowledgments

    Index

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Robert D. Crews is Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University.

Amin Tarzi is the Director of Middle East Studies, Marine Corps University.