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'provides a balanced, objective and un-sensationalised consideration of the emergence of the neo-Taliban, taking on board the many perspectives and insights provided by numerous actors and analysts while also drawing on the author's own conclusions. In so-doing, it covers new and important ground in research on Afghanistan.' -Peter Marsden, author, The Taliban: War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan (1998)
NATO Review, Spring 2008
`Not just a who's who of terrorism in Afghanistan since 2002. It's also a what's what,and a why's why.'
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Giustozzi has written a very dry, factual book on the nature of the Taliban's return to Afghanistan after the Northern Alliance's victory. It is solid non-partisan reportage in which he looks at the Taliban's strengths, weakness, mistakes and successes. So often nowadays recent history is portrayed as a struggle between demons and angels, between the clever and the foolish; this book makes it clear both sides (and all the third parties) are learning as they are going. All of his analysis resonated with the views of the authors of the "fighting books" on topics like the Brits in Helmand.
The book is dry, it is more BBC4 than BBC1, and this will mean some readers will find it less entertaining but it is well worth, I think, understanding the three dimensional nature of the opposing party.
The book is dry, it is more BBC4 than BBC1, and this will mean some readers will find it less entertaining but it is well worth, I think, understanding the three dimensional nature of the opposing party.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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As already stated by previous reviewers, this book is a cold, dry, almost scientific dissection of the Afghan war. The conclusion I drew -the author leaving the question up in the air - was that the war is lost. The Taliban were a beaten force soon after the initial Western invasion, enjoying little popular support. Almost immediately the occupation forces began screwing things up, returning the old, hated warlords to power,and relying on age-old imperialist tactics of tribal divide and rule. Add this to lack of investment and brutal, indiscriminate responses to isolated Taliban actions, and the western forces rapidly lost support.
The book includes a very informative discussion of the Taliban model of insurgency, which the Western forces have struggled to define. A consequence of this has been that their military response has been chaotic and largely ineffective. In addition the Afghan national army is
weak and even its best units are unable to survive unless stiffened by
Western troops.
Soon after reading this book,the UN was reporting that the Taliban had
a significant presence in 80 percent of Afghan districts, and that Kabul
was only accessible via a single, heavily defended road. In addition,the
war is spreading deeper into Pakistan - thats nuclear armed Pakistan - with US missile attacks and insurgent targeting of haulage firms supplying NATO forces. The decidedly off-message head of the Afghan army has said that 550,000 Western troops will be needed to win the conflict. The Soviet Union only managed 100,000, and one thing they weren't short of was soldiers.
The last thing this region needs is an escalation of the conflict. Somebody needs to send Barak Obama a copy of this book and tell him to think again on Afghanistan before it is too late.
The book includes a very informative discussion of the Taliban model of insurgency, which the Western forces have struggled to define. A consequence of this has been that their military response has been chaotic and largely ineffective. In addition the Afghan national army is
weak and even its best units are unable to survive unless stiffened by
Western troops.
Soon after reading this book,the UN was reporting that the Taliban had
a significant presence in 80 percent of Afghan districts, and that Kabul
was only accessible via a single, heavily defended road. In addition,the
war is spreading deeper into Pakistan - thats nuclear armed Pakistan - with US missile attacks and insurgent targeting of haulage firms supplying NATO forces. The decidedly off-message head of the Afghan army has said that 550,000 Western troops will be needed to win the conflict. The Soviet Union only managed 100,000, and one thing they weren't short of was soldiers.
The last thing this region needs is an escalation of the conflict. Somebody needs to send Barak Obama a copy of this book and tell him to think again on Afghanistan before it is too late.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Despite Antonio Giustozzi doesn't enjoy yet the worldwide reputation he certainly deserves, his detailed analisys about the insurgency under way in Afghanistan is an invaluable asset to recommend to everybody interested in understanding dynamics at play in that unlucky Central Asian Country: academics as well as military or diplomats. Many maps add this book further value. In my opinion, a must be read! Germano Dottori
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