A review by mugglemom
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid

3.0

What is remarkable about this book is that it was published 6 months BEFORE Sept 11,2011...and it couldn't be missed when the author states that the USA "had a plan for Osama Bin Laden but not a plan for Afghanistan".

Ah wrong-o! Apparently the US didn't even get that right.

Still, the material is great for historical knowledge and written by non-US citizen so there's less slant.