Gutman, Roy,

How we missed the story : Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the hijacking of Afghanistan / Roy Gutman. - xvii, 321 pages : map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-298) and index.

Introduction: The death of foreign policy? -- Comrades: the end! (1989) -- A half solution (1989-1992) -- With Massoud (1992-1994) -- "A very exciting development" (1994-1996) -- "An endless tragedy of epic proportions" (1997) -- "Silence cannot be the strategy" (1998) -- Hijacking a regime (1999) -- Coasting toward catastrophe (2000-2001) -- Human rights under Massoud and the Taliban -- Radicalization without response -- Epilogue: Clemenceau revisited.

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Masʺud, Aḣmadshoḣ, 1953-2001
Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.


Taliban


September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Terrorism--Government policy--United States


United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan
Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Foreign relations--1989-
Afghanistan--History--1989-2001

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