On the Road to Kandahar

Travels through conflict in the Islamic world

von Jason Burke

320 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

From the bestselling author of Al-Qaeda, Jason Burke's On the Road to Kandahar reveals the true face of Islam in an age of global conflict. In the summer of 1991 Jason Burke set off to join Kurdish guerillas fighting in Iraq. It was the start of a remarkable journey that would take him from the sands of the Sahara to the highest peaks of the Himalayas, revealing the true complexity and variety of the 'Islamic world'. Describing encounters with hundreds of people ranging from destitute refugees to senior government ministers, from American snipers to hardened 'mujahideen', this extraordinary work of reportage is a vivid account of life and death, war and peace, bigotry and ignorance, hate and tolerance.> Sunday Times> New Statesman> Daily Mail> Metro Jason Burke is the South Asia correspondent for the Guardian. He has reported around the world for both the Guardian and the Observer. He is the author of two other widely praised books, both published by Penguin: Al-Qaeda and The 9/11 Wars. He lives in New Delhi.

• Reihe: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE UK
• ISBN: 9780141024356
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.04.2007
• Größe: 197 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Penguin Random House UK