StarAstrologer - Books : Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia (Yale Nota Bene S.)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 950
EAN: 9780300099508
ISBN: 0300099509
Label: Yale University Press
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 372
Publication Date: April 10, 2003
Publisher: Yale University Press
Sales Rank: 1326254
Studio: Yale University Press
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Product Description:
Ahmed Rashid, who explained Afghanistan's Taliban regime in his previous work, "Taliban", here turns his skills as an investigative journalist to the five Central Asian republics adjacent to Afghanistan. In tracing the history of Central Asia and explaining the political climate, Rashid demonstrates that it is a region we ignore at our peril.
Amazon.com Review:
In the aftermath of September 11, as Americans tried to figure out what they were up against, many of them turned to Ahmed Rashid's masterful book Taliban, the single best account of Afghanistan's murderous regime. With Jihad, Rashid offers an indispensable companion volume on five of Afghanistan's neighbors--Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan--and "the New Great Game" about to be waged over them between China, Russia, and the United States. "The vast, empty landscape dotted with oases of vibrant populations and political ferment, sitting on the world's last great untapped natural energy reserves, is almost as unknown to Westerners as it was to Europeans in the Middle Ages," writes Rashid, a Pakistani journalist with extensive experience reporting from the region. He describes the area's "growing instability," which he credits to a strain of militant Islam just like the form propagated by the Taliban and Osama bin Laden. One of the most interesting parts of Jihad concerns Juma Namangani, a shadowy rebel leader in Uzbekistan who has "cultivated an air of mystery that [is] even more extreme than that of the secretive [Taliban leader] Mullah Omar." Rashid concludes that radical Islam will remain popular in Central Asia as long as the governments there are oppressive. We ignore this part of the world at our peril, and there is no better guide to it than Rashid. --John Miller
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Sad. What this person tries to do is excuse his own country ( may be Pakistan OR India, hard to tell from his retoric)for all the ills that have been created in his own country by his own corrupt neighbors. His claim to fame is rubbing shoulders with Karzi and other yuks. Rather like Barrack saying Farakan is not a friend of mine. ( sure) anyway. don't sucker for the full hardback cost like I did--I wasdoing research--THAT he does provide good references on Paki and Afghstan socialism--wait for it ... Read More
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This book is the most comprehensive source of information concerning Islam & Terrorism.
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The book is tedious, but comprehensive and does explain a lot that has been said about the region. It offers confirmation of many statements about the region, usually those offered without reference. Recommended for anyone interested in "Fundalmentalist Islam" and/or the politics of the former Soviet Uniion.
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Jihad by Ahmed Rashid provides an explanation for the rise of militant Islam in Central Asia. I purchased this book because I enjoyed another of Rashid's works, Taliban, and because it was on sale. Within the first few pages, the significance of Rashid's book is obvious. For one, the author is an objective journalist (that term should be redundant but, sadly, it isn't) with first-hand experience in the region. And, more importantly, Jihad was largely written before 11 September 2001, before our national ... Read More
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Mr Rashid does a great job introducing this region to a reader who is only familiar with this area through the news reports. Central Asia covers an area nearly the size of the contiguous USA west of the Mississippi excluding Texas. Kazakhstan to the north comprises about 2/3s of this area. The remaining four "Stans" are squeezed between the Caspian Sea to the west with its vast oil reserves, China to the east and Iran and Afghanistan to the south.
Within these chapters is an adequate, short, ... Read More
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