Amen! Besides the titles you mention, there are a plethora of journal articles and books published circa 2000 that thoroughly outline the almost 10-15 years' previous failed attempts at getting the pipeline built, UNOCAL vs. The Argentineans-who-also-wanted-rights-to-it, recent Afghan history, etc. ... one such is

Taliban : militant Islam, oil, and fundamentalism in Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid. -- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000.

It has a nice little map near the front of it of the proposed route of the pipes.

Maxey Lynch
Gainesville, FL