Taliban
The Unknown Enemy
May 2011
Hardcover · 432 Pages
$27.50 U.S.
ISBN 9780306820335
Da Capo Press
Hardcover · 432 Pages
$27.50 U.S.
ISBN 9780306820335
Da Capo Press
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Kirkus Reviews, 5/15/11
“An intriguing argument for negotiations with the Taliban presented as the necessary precondition for a political settlement and withdrawal.”
Boston Globe, 6/1/11
“This sympathetic and eye-opening account should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Afghanistan.”
San Francisco Chronicle, 7/31/11
“Fergusson’s critique of the West’s failures in Afghanistan is devastating, and his insightful conversations with Afghans, including Taliban and their supporters, are very much worth reading.”
Reference and Research Book News, October 2011
“Fergusson…offers a portrait of the history and current status of the Taliban in which he hopes to counter Western images of the group as mere ‘bearded bigots’ and to impress upon the reader that the only way out of the mess that is the war in Afghanistan will be through a negotiated settlement with the Taliban.”
“An intriguing argument for negotiations with the Taliban presented as the necessary precondition for a political settlement and withdrawal.”
Boston Globe, 6/1/11
“This sympathetic and eye-opening account should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Afghanistan.”
San Francisco Chronicle, 7/31/11
“Fergusson’s critique of the West’s failures in Afghanistan is devastating, and his insightful conversations with Afghans, including Taliban and their supporters, are very much worth reading.”
Reference and Research Book News, October 2011
“Fergusson…offers a portrait of the history and current status of the Taliban in which he hopes to counter Western images of the group as mere ‘bearded bigots’ and to impress upon the reader that the only way out of the mess that is the war in Afghanistan will be through a negotiated settlement with the Taliban.”