The Taliban
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The Taliban

Afghanistan's Most Lethal Insurgents

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Taliban

Afghanistan's Most Lethal Insurgents

About this book

Understand the complexities of the most lethal insurgent group of America's longest war—the Taliban. Battle hardened, tribally oriented, and deeply committed to its cause, the Taliban has proven itself resourceful, adaptable, and often successful. As such, the Taliban presents a counterinsurgency puzzle for which the United States has yet to identify effective military tactics, information operations, and Coalition developmental policies. Written by one of the Department of the Army's leading intelligence and military analysts on the Taliban, this book covers the group's complete history, including its formation, ideology, and political power, as well as the origins of its current conflict with the United States. The work carefully analyzes the agenda, capabilities, and support base of the Taliban; forecasts the group's likely course of action to retake Afghanistan; and details the Coalition forces' probable counterinsurgency responses. Author Mark Silinsky also reviews the successes and failures of the latest U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine to extrapolate the best strategies for future counterinsurgency campaigns.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. Abbreviations
  7. 1. Afghanistan’s Landscape, the People, and Islamism
  8. 2. Enter the Taliban
  9. 3. The Taliban in Power
  10. 4. The Taliban in Defeat
  11. 5. The Taliban’s Recovery in Pakistan
  12. 6. The Taliban Improve Their Tactics and Firepower
  13. 7. Taliban Inc.
  14. 8. Affiliated Insurgent Groups and Foreign Connections
  15. 9. The Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
  16. Afterword: Salafist Dystopia
  17. Appendix: Coalition Military Fatalities by Year
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index