Title: Interesting topic but boring write-up
Product review: Bought this thinking it was high time I learnt more about Afghanistan. Although it is a very topical book, it is not written in a very lively or accessible way. The first third of the book was enough to paint the entire picture and I never got through the rest. It is not very anecdotal, and you get lost in the piles of historical stuff about tribes and tribes and skirmishes and skirmishes until it all swims together in a jumble and starts sounding alike.It is a very complete and earnest account and I have no doubt about the writer's authority on the subject, but it is more like a general survey of the history of the Taliban rather than a punchy book with a particular point.
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