Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan
With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2001
Summary
First time in paperback, with a new Introduction and final chapter
World affairs expert and intrepid travel journalist Robert D. Kaplan braved the dangers of war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s, living among the mujahidin—the “soldiers of god”—whose unwavering devotion to Islam fueled their mission to oust the formidable Soviet invaders. In Soldiers of God we follow Kaplan’s extraordinary journey and learn how the thwarted Soviet invasion gave rise to the ruthless Taliban and the def…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400030255 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1400030250 |
| Author: | Robert Kaplan |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2001 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 130mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Vintage Departures |
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Critics Review
“Robert Kaplan [is] a scholarly and adventurous journalist…. He draws attention to long-term trends that other writers have little noted.” - The New York Times “Soldiers of God is a thoughtful, insightful, highly readable book. Battlefield smart, rock solid.” -Dan Rather “Affecting and informative…. [Kaplan] answer[s] a number of important political questions.”-The New Yorker
About The Author
Robert Kaplan
Robert D. Kaplan is chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor, a private global intelligence firm. He is the author of fourteen books on foreign affairs and travel translated into many languages. His works include:
- The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
- Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
- Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History
- Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos
Kaplan has been a foreign correspondent for The Atlantic for over twenty-five years. In 2011 and 2012, Foreign Policy magazine named him among the world’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers.”
From 2009 to 2011, he served under Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as a member of the Defense Policy Board. Since 2008, he has been a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Class of 1960 Distinguished Visiting Professor in National Security at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
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