TY - BOOK AU - Nojumi,Neamatollah TI - The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan: mass mobilization, civil war, and the future of the region SN - 0312294026 (cloth) U1 - 958.1045 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave KW - Afghanistan KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliography and index; 1; Historical Background --; 2; The Theory of Mass Mobilization --; 3; Traditional Political System --; 4; The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan --; 5; The Phenomena of Civil War in Afghanistan --; 6; Zonal Division of Afghanistan --; 7; The Afghan Mujahideen and Mass Mobilization --; 8; The First Phase of Civil War --; 9; The Formation of a Third Movement --; 10; Missing the Only Chance --; 11; The Rise of the Taliban --; 12; The Source of Taliban Forces in Afghanistan --; 13; Taliban Tactics and Strategies --; 14; The Political Ideology of the Taliban --; 15; The Taliban Advance toward Mazar-e-Sharif --; 16; The Road into the Future --; 17; Afghanistan in the International System --; Epilogue: The Afghan Connection to September 11 ER -