Examines the relationship between the U.S. and the Taliban in a specific time period, from 1996-2001
Discusses the importance and benefits of diplomatic recognition, both to recognizee and to recognizor
Appeals to a wide audience of academics, policymakers, diplomatic recognition specialists, practitioners, students, and veterans and members of the military
Chapter One: Introduction: Diplomatic Recognition and the Taliban Movement
Chapter Two: The Rise of the Taliban
Chapter Three: The Taliban Take Kabul and A New Friend Moves to Kandahar
Chapter Four: US/Taliban Relations and the Intervention of Domestic Politics
Chapter Five: The US and the Taliban Talk in Circles as the Bin Laden Threat Grows
Chapter Six: Conclusion: One Last Chance
This book tells the story of the United States´ relationship with the Taliban from the start of the Taliban movement until its retreat from Kabul in the face of the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The US and the Taliban held countless meetings, but could never come to a workable arrangement, and this book examines both why diplomatic recognition was so important to the Taliban government and why the US refused to recognize it. It presents a concise, readable, and interesting perspective on US/Taliban relations from the fall of Kabul in 1996 until the fall of Kabul in 2001.
Jonathan Cristol is Research Fellow in the Levermore Global Scholars Program at Adelphi University, USA, and Senior Fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, USA.
This book tells the story of the United States' relationship with the Taliban from the start of the Taliban movement until its retreat from Kabul in the face of the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
This book tells the story of the United States' relationship with the Taliban from the start of the Taliban movement until its retreat from Kabul in the face of the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The US and the Taliban held countless meetings, but could never come to a workable arrangement, and this book examines both why diplomatic recognition was so important to the Taliban government and why the US refused to recognize it. It presents a concise, readable, and interesting perspective on US/Taliban relations from the fall of Kabul in 1996 until the fall of Kabul in 2001.
Chapter One: Introduction: Diplomatic Recognition and the Taliban MovementChapter Two: The Rise of the TalibanChapter Three: The Taliban Take Kabul and A New Friend Moves to KandaharChapter Four: US/Taliban Relations and the Intervention of Domestic PoliticsChapter Five: The US and the Taliban Talk in Circles as the Bin Laden Threat GrowsChapter Six: Conclusion: One Last Chance
Über den Autor
Jonathan Cristol is Research Fellow in the Levermore Global Scholars Program at Adelphi University, USA, and Senior Fellow at the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, USA.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter One: Introduction: Diplomatic Recognition and the Taliban Movement
Chapter Two: The Rise of the Taliban
Chapter Three: The Taliban Take Kabul and A New Friend Moves to Kandahar
Chapter Four: US/Taliban Relations and the Intervention of Domestic Politics
Chapter Five: The US and the Taliban Talk in Circles as the Bin Laden Threat Grows
Chapter Six: Conclusion: One Last Chance
Klappentext
This book tells the story of the United States¿ relationship with the Taliban from the start of the Taliban movement until its retreat from Kabul in the face of the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The US and the Taliban held countless meetings, but could never come to a workable arrangement, and this book examines both why diplomatic recognition was so important to the Taliban government and why the US refused to recognize it. It presents a concise, readable, and interesting perspective on US/Taliban relations from the fall of Kabul in 1996 until the fall of Kabul in 2001.
Examines the relationship between the U.S. and the Taliban in a specific time period, from 1996-2001
Discusses the importance and benefits of diplomatic recognition, both to recognizee and to recognizor
Appeals to a wide audience of academics, policymakers, diplomatic recognition specialists, practitioners, students, and veterans and members of the military
