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The United States and the Taliban before and after 9/11

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Authors:
  1. Jonathan Cristol

    1. Levermore Global Scholars Program, Adelphi University, Garden City, USA

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  • 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

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Diplomatic Recognition and the Taliban Movement

    • Jonathan Cristol
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Rise of the Taliban

    • Jonathan Cristol
    Pages 11-23

  4. The Taliban Take Kabul and a New Friend Moves to Kandahar

    • Jonathan Cristol
    Pages 25-48

  5. US/Taliban Relations and the Intervention of Domestic Politics

    • Jonathan Cristol
    Pages 49-73

  6. The US and the Taliban Talk in Circles as the bin Laden Threat Grows

    • Jonathan Cristol
    Pages 75-91

  7. Conclusion: One Last Chance

    • Jonathan Cristol
    Pages 93-105

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 107-110
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Levermore Global Scholars Program, Adelphi University, Garden City, USA

    Jonathan Cristol

About the author

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.

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