- On the Road to Kandahar: Travels through Conflict in the Islamic World
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On the Road to Kandahar: Travels through Conflict in the Islamic World Author(s) Jason Burke Language English Subject(s) International relations Publisher Thomas Dunne Books Publication date May 1, 2007 Media type Hardcover Pages 320 ISBN 0312366221 OCLC Number 80360965 Dewey Decimal 909/.097670831 22 LC Classification DS63.1 .B87 2007 Preceded by Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror On the Road to Kandahar: Travels through Conflict in the Islamic World is a 2007 nonfiction book written by Jason Burke, chief foreign correspondent of The Observer, based on his experiences living and traveling in various Islamic countries around the world. Much of the book is based in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.
Summary:[1] (From google book)
In 1991, a British university student spent his summer break fighting alongside Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq. Now a prize-winning reporter and author of a book on al Qaeda, Jason Burke travels from the Sahara to the Himalayas and meets with refugees, mujahideen, and government ministers in a probing search to understand Islam, and Islamic radicalism, in the context of the “War on Terrorism.” Praised by London’s Daily Mail as “intensely personal and accessible,” this is the gripping story of a search for answers to some of the most urgent questions of our time: What drives Islamic fundamentalism, and how should the West respond? Are we so fundamentally different that we can’t coexist? Although much of his book concerns war and violence, Burke reaches the optimistic conclusion that extremist violence alienates its populations and so is doomed fail and wither away.
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Categories:- 2007 books
- Books about international relations
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