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Farewell Kabul : from Afghanistan to a more dangerous world
- Title
- Farewell Kabul : from Afghanistan to a more dangerous world / Christina Lamb.
- Author
- Lamb, Christina
- Publication
- London : William Collins, 2015.
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- [xi], 640 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- A gripping expose of the Allied Forces occupation of Afghanistan. The failure of the West in Afghanistan is unquestionably devastating and despite efforts to eliminate the Taliban from the country, their presence has continued to grow. Insurgent attacks have also increased, and the region still struggles against poverty, an unstable infrastructure and a huge number of land mines. Initially billed as the West's success story by both Bush and Blair, Afghanistan remains, largely, a lawless, violent land. Reporting on the region for a number of years, Lamb has fought with the mujahadeen dressed as an Afghan boy, experienced a near-fatal ambush and head-on encounter with Taliban forces and successfully established links with American, British, Afghan government, Taliban and tribal fighters. Her unparalleled access to troops and civilians on the ground, as well as to top military officials has ensured that this is the definitive book on the region, exposing the realities of Afghanistan unlike anyone before. In the same vein as Robert Fisk's "The Great War of Civilisation", this is compelling, moving and impossible to put down.
- Alternative Title
- From Afghanistan to a more dangerous world
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part I. Getting in: Rule Number One -- Sixty words -- Making -- and almost killing -- a President -- Ground Zero -- Losing bin Laden -- the not so great escape -- A tale of two generals -- Taliban Central -- Merchants of ruin -- the return of the warlords -- Theatre of war -- A tale of two wars -- Voting with Mullah Omar -- Part II. War: Ambush -- Bringing dolphins to Helmand -- Tethered goats -- The President in his bloody palace -- Whose side are you on? -- The snake bites back -- The Weathermen of Kandahar -- We'll always have Kabul -- Death of a poet -- Meeting Colonel Imam -- Part III. The good war: The view from Washington -- All about the politics -- The Butcher of Mumbai -- Losing the moral high ground in Margaritaville -- Chairman Mullen and the Cadillac in the Skies -- Part IV. Getting out: Killing bin Laden -- Postscript: War never leaves you.
- ISBN
- 9780007256921
- 0007256922
- 9780007256938
- 0007256930
- LCCN
- 2015375852
- OCLC
- ocn907958261
- 907958261
- SCSB-14420464
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library