In 1984 journalist Peregrine Hodson crossed the Pakistan border into Afghanistan with rebel mujahedin smuggling arms and ammunition, beginning a thousand-mile journey through the war-torn nation. Fluent in Farsi, he was able to observe the war with stunning intimacy and eloquently capture the essence of the Afghan people and their culture. As the travelers survived bombings by Soviet aircraft, an ambush by a rival faction, and becoming swept up in a major offensive, Hodson would come to gain a unique perspective on their ...
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In 1984 journalist Peregrine Hodson crossed the Pakistan border into Afghanistan with rebel mujahedin smuggling arms and ammunition, beginning a thousand-mile journey through the war-torn nation. Fluent in Farsi, he was able to observe the war with stunning intimacy and eloquently capture the essence of the Afghan people and their culture. As the travelers survived bombings by Soviet aircraft, an ambush by a rival faction, and becoming swept up in a major offensive, Hodson would come to gain a unique perspective on their hopes for peace and religious devotion. Bringing together travel writing, war reportage, and history, this is a richly rendered portrait of a complex people. "Gripping and moving ... [a] powerful account of a war that has often been described as 'forgotten.'" -- Gail Pool, The Christian Science Monitor "Will long remain the most vivid account of a strange and horrible wrong." -- Ahmed Rashid, The Independent (London) "Vivid and intriguing." -- Jonathan Kirsch, -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
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226pp. paperback 8vo: Good+ [text is age browned; a page mid-text is slightly torn @ fore edge margin; else G+] Afghanistan as seen during the Soviet occupation of the 1980s.
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I would recommend this book for anyone wanting more insight into Afghanistan, which is superficially so much in the news, but seldom in depth. although this book was written some years ago. He writes like so many English writers, with considerable background and a felicitous style.
Dustytrails
Dec 11, 2008
A Reporter's Travels in Afghanistan
A British reporter (1980's) tells of his travels on foot ... into and out of ... the heart of Afghanistan. He traveled with a group of gun runners and some of his "people and places" remind me of a book written in the late 1800's of a traveler on the Silk Road. Pockets of inbred desert people that are more walking dead than human.
