TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steele,Jonathan
TI  - Ghosts of Afghanistan : :  hard truths and foreign myths / 
SN  - 9781582437873
AV  - DS371.2. S84 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Berkeley, California : 
PB  - Counter Point, 
KW  - Taliban
KW  - Afghan War, 2001-
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  -  History
KW  -  Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
KW  -  1989-2001
KW  -  2001-
N1  - “Includes bibliography”—(p. 421-423); Contents: thirteen myths about Afghanistan (p. 1)—Chronology (p. 3)—Dramatis personae (p. 5)—Anatomy of Afghan society (9)—A map of Afghanistan (p. 11)—Introduction (p. 13)—1. Where are we now? (p. 19)—2. The Soviet invasion (p. 59)—3. The Gorbachev effect (p. 93)—4. Reconciliation fails (p. 131)—5. Mujahedin disaster (p. 151)—6. Taliban takeover (p. 161)—7. Taliban toppled (p. 215)—8. Who killed Asaq? (p. 241)—9. Back to the warlords (p. 255)—10. Taliban resurgent (p. 283)—11. Obama and Karzai : the ODD couple (P. 311)—12. Talking to the Taliban : how the war ends (p. 329)—13. The girl with the missing nose (p. 361)—14. A dangerous neighborhood (p. 379)—Conclusion : the way forward (p. 391)—Acknowledgments (p. 399)—Notes (p. 401)—Bibliography (p. 421)
ER  -