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Jihad

The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia

Jihad( )
Author: Rashid, Ahmed
ISBN:978-0-14-200260-5
Publication Date:Dec 2002
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Penguin Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.00
Book Description:

An essential examination of the roots of fundamentalist rage in Central Asia, from the acclaimed author of Taliban and Descent into Chaos. Ahmed Rashid, whose masterful account of Afghanistan's Taliban regime became required reading after September 11, turns his legendary skills as an investigative journalist to five adjacent Central Asian Republics--Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan--where religious repression, political...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict
Political Science / World / Asian
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.1 x 7.8 x 0.7 Inches
Book Weight:0.562 Pounds
Author Biography
Rashid, Ahmed (Author)
Pakistani journalist and bestselling author Ahmed Rashid was born in Rawalpindi in 1948. He was educated at Malvern College in England, Government College in Lahore, and Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge. He works as a correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph and writes for the Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and academic journals. His titles include Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia, and Descent into Chaos.

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