TY - BOOK AU - Crews, Robert D. 1970-. AU - Tarzi, Amin. TI - The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan / edited by Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi SN - 9780674026902 U1 - DS 371.3 .C74 2008 CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2008. KW - Afghanistan – History – 1989-2001 KW - Afghanistan – History – 2001- KW - Taliban N1 - Includes bibliographical references—(p. 359-417) and index; Contents: Maps—Note on transliteration—Introduction; Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi (p. 1)—1. Explaining the Taliban’s ability to mobilize the Pashtuns; Abdulkader Sinno (p. 59)—2. The rise and fall of the Taliban; Neamatollah Nojumi (p. 90)—3. The Taliban, women, and the Hegelian private sphere; Juan R. I. Cole (p. 118)—4. Taliban and Talibanism in historical perspective; M. Nazif Shahrani (p. 155)—5. Remembering the Taliban; Lutz Rzehak (p. 182)—6. Fraternity, power, and time in Central Asia; Robert L. Canfield (p. 212)—7. Moderate Taliban?; Robert D. Crews (p. 238)—8. The Neo-Taliban; Amin Tarzi (p. 274)—Epilogue : Afghanistan and the Pax Americana; Atiq Sarwari and Robert D. Crews (p. 311)—Notes—Contributors—Acknowledgments—Index ER -