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Night Letters: Inside Wartime Afghanistan

Door Rob Schultheis

Categorie	Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer	#327471-XD21
Titel	Night Letters: Inside Wartime Afghanistan
Auteur	Schultheis, Rob
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Guilford, CT : The Lyons Press
Jaar van uitgave	2001
ISBN10	1585745642
ISBN13	9781585745647
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	A harrowing account from the front lines of the Afghan civil war. Rob Schultheis fell in love with Afghanistan in the 1970s when it was a wild, unspoiled country that had barely changed in the past 500 years. When this ancient land suddenly plunged into civil war between a Soviet-backed Communist government and implacable Muslim rebels, Schultheis found himself drawn to telling its heartbreaking story. Throughout the 1980s, he reported on the war from the front lines, risking his life time after time as he penetrated into the mountains of Afghanistan with the mujahedin insurgents. This book is a first-person chronicle that conveys the nature of a war where men armed with bolt-action rifles squared off against tanks and helicopter gun ships - weapons that could, and routinely did, reduce ... (Lees verder)an ancient village to rubble in minutes. Yet the outgunned and outnumbered mujahedin never considered giving up the fight. Ultimately, they exhausted the Soviet occupiers. Not without reason was Afghanistan called the Soviet's Vietnam . A cautionary tale for superpowers, a stark reminder of the barbarity of war and, most of all, a tale of the resilient human spirit, Night Letters now includes a new introduction by the author written in the wake of the terrorist attacks on America, offering a glimpse into what the future of Afghanistan holds for the rest of the world.
Pagina's	155
Conditie	Goed — Light yellow permanent marker line on bottom cut.
Prijs	€ 8,00

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