Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia is a book written by Pakistan
i journalist Ahmed Rashid
and published in 2000. The book was a New York Times bestseller for 5 weeks. It was translated into 22 languages.
According to Rashid's homepage the book has sold 1.5 million copies since the September 11, 2001 attacks
. The book was used extensively by American analysts and British politicians including Tony Blair
and Alastair Campbell
in the wake of the attacks.
In the UK it was published under the title Taliban: Islam, Oil and the New Great Game in Central Asia.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i journalist Ahmed Rashid
Ahmed Rashid
Ahmed Rashid is a former Pakistani revolutionary, a journalist and best-selling author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.-Biography:...
and published in 2000. The book was a New York Times bestseller for 5 weeks. It was translated into 22 languages.
According to Rashid's homepage the book has sold 1.5 million copies since the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
. The book was used extensively by American analysts and British politicians including Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
and Alastair Campbell
Alastair Campbell
Alastair John Campbell is a British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and author, best known for his work as Director of Communications and Strategy for Prime Minister Tony Blair between 1997 and 2003, having first started working for Blair in 1994...
in the wake of the attacks.
In the UK it was published under the title Taliban: Islam, Oil and the New Great Game in Central Asia.
- Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Yale University PressYale University PressYale University Press is a book publisher founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day. It became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but remains financially and operationally autonomous....
(March 2000) ISBN 978-0300083408
External links
- Official site at Yale University PressYale University PressYale University Press is a book publisher founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day. It became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but remains financially and operationally autonomous....