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"""Based primarily on first-hand interviews, Giustozzi's expansive new book presents a treasure trove of new and important information on the Afghan Taliban, and might well be the work to which all future scholarly explorations of the Taliban will be compared.""--Thomas H. Johnson, Research Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School and author of Taliban Narratives""A fine-meshed and carefully documented analysis of how the Taliban's military organisation and strategy have evolved since the movement's defeat in 2001. Uniquely sourced from over 400 interviews, this book will clearly be a standard reference on the subject.""--Astri Suhrke, Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen and author of When More is Less: The International Project in Afghanistan""Giustozzi provides a detailed and dense account of the Taliban's resilience. [This book] is an important contribution to the history of the American-led war in Afghanistan."" -- Foreign Affairs ""A detailed description of the changing nature of the war in Afghanistan over the past two decades, and how the Taliban and its leaders have responded over time.""--CHOICE ""Giustozzi's narrative skill, analytical authority, and long-standing reputation as an expert on the Taliban and events in Afghanistan after 2001 are advanced in The Taliban at War.""-- Terrorism and Political Violence"

Based primarily on first-hand interviews, Giustozzi's expansive new book presents a treasure trove of new and important information on the Afghan Taliban, and might well be the work to which all future scholarly explorations of the Taliban will be compared.--Thomas H. Johnson, Research Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School and author of Taliban Narratives A fine-meshed and carefully documented analysis of how the Taliban's military organisation and strategy have evolved since the movement's defeat in 2001. Uniquely sourced from over 400 interviews, this book will clearly be a standard reference on the subject.--Astri Suhrke, Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen and author of When More is Less: The International Project in Afghanistan [lThe Taliban at War is] highly informed and detailed ... [It is] based on extensive field work in Afghanistan by the author (a renowned expert on the region) and his Afghan researchers. -- lWashington Times Giustozzi provides a detailed and dense account of the Taliban's resilience. [This book] is an important contribution to the history of the American-led war in Afghanistan. -- Foreign Affairs A detailed description of the changing nature of the war in Afghanistan over the past two decades, and how the Taliban and its leaders have responded over time.--CHOICE Giustozzi's narrative skill, analytical authority, and long-standing reputation as an expert on the Taliban and events in Afghanistan after 2001 are advanced in The Taliban at War.-- Terrorism and Political Violence

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Antonio Giustozzi is Visiting Professor at King's College London and Fellow at RUSI, and has a PhD from the London School of Economics. He has written or edited eleven books, all published by Hurst, the most recent being The Islamic State in Khorasan: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the New Central Asian Jihad (2018).

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