Escape from Kabul : the inside story
Wood, Levison, 1982-2024
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In an eerie replay of the disastrous British retreat from Kabul in 1842, coalition troops withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of military campaigning. The subsequent collapse of the Afghan government and its army shocked the world, as a resurgent Taliban gathered its forces and swept across the country. Thousands of Afghans who had worked with the allies were left to the meagre mercy of the Taliban. As the Taliban went door to door to execute 'collaborators', a small international task force set out on a daring mission to evacuate as many Afghans and their families as possible. Drawing on a wide range of first-hand accounts 'Escape from Kabul' is the harrowing true story of Operation Pitting and the Kabul airlift.
Main title:
Escape from Kabul : the inside story / Levison Wood & Geraint Jones.
Author:
Wood, Levison, 1982-, authorJones, Geraint, 1983-, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.
Collation:
xxi, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781399718158 (pbk)
Dewey class:
958.1047958.104
Language:
English
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BRN:
1478102
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