Beschreibung:
The author gives a firsthand account of the Afghan War set against a wider background of political history. He sees the war growing from angry tension over modernisation in Afghanistan, and gives it context as an expression of Islamism, the most modern and dynamic version of Islamic fundamentalism.
The volume is a firsthand account of the Afghan war set against an extensive and thoroughly researched background of political history.
Peshawar; The Root of Stone; The Secret Office; The American Centre; Quetta; The Failure of Magic; Into Kandahar; Across the Aghrendab; With Mullah Naqeeb; The Way Back; Between the Graves; Resistance Games; The Hills of Kunar; Slouching Towards Asmar; To The Front Line and Back; Departing The Triumphant Ruins; The Undiscovered Shores.