Description: This New York Times best seller remains the most informative and objective account of the Taliban available
Review Quotes: Praise for the First Edition of Taliban:
"A fabulous piece of journalism."--Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and Fire "The best book on the Taliban."--L. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs "[A] valuable and informative work."--Richard Bernstein, New York Times "An excellent political and historical account of the movement's rise to power."--Katha Pollitt, The Nation "Virtually the only informed work on the men who, since 1994, have ruled almost all of Afghanistan. . . . [An] indispensable book."--Steve Wasserman, Los Angeles Times Book Review "A must read."--Larry P. Goodson, New York Times "[A] supremely insightful book about Afghanistan's Taliban regime. . . . Rashid bases his account on detailed reporting and travel throughout Afghanistan and interviews with most of the Taliban's elusive top leadership. As a narrative, it is gripping. . . . Rashid's book is superbly reported, a window into a world that remains largely closed to American eyes."--Shankar Vedantam, Philadelphia Inquirer "Rashid's densely detailed reportage portrays a country in ruins and the people who seek to control it. . . . Anyone contemplating new adventures in Afghanistan--whether to save its women from persecution, rescue the state from further fragmentation or save themselves from terrorist backlash--might first consult Rashid's book."--Paula R. Newberg, San Francisco Chronicle "The standard work in English on the Taliban."--Christopher de Bellaigue, New York Review of Books "[A] thorough, authoritative exegesis."--Peter Bergen, Washington Post Book World