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Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud Sandy Gall

Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud von Sandy Gall

Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud Sandy Gall


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Zusammenfassung

Published on the 20th anniversary of Massoud's assassination, two days before the 9/11 attack, this is the first biography of Massoud published in over a decade.

Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud Zusammenfassung

Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud Sandy Gall

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the forces of resistance were disparate and divided mujahideen groups, as interested in fighting each other and competing for Western arms as opposing the Russians. The exception was Ahmed Shah Massoud, the military strategist and political operator who solidified the resistance and undermined the Russian occupation by leading its members to a series of defensive victories. Sandy Gall was embedded with Massoud during Soviet offences and reported on the war in Afghanistan for a number of years. He has now written an illuminating biography of this charismatic guerrilla commander, which contains excerpts from the surviving volumes of Massoud's diaries. Massoud's prolific diary-keeping was little known during his lifetime, and his entries detail crucial moments in his life and throw fascinating light on his struggles, both in the resistance and in his personal life. Born into an ostensibly liberalising Afghanistan in the 1960s, Massoud ardently opposed communism and Mohammed Daoud, Afghanistan's puppet leader. He quickly rose to prominence and distinguished himself by coordinating the defence of the Panjshir Valley against repeated Soviet offensives. As the occupation wore on, Massoud became the resistance's unifying force. Massoud's assassination in 2001 presaged the attack on the Twin Towers just two days later and it is widely believed to have been ordered by Osama bin Laden. Forever the underdog in a life dominated by conflict, Massoud's attempts to build political consensus in Afghanistan were ultimately frustrated. Despite that, he is recognised today as a national hero.

Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud Bewertungen

Afghan Napoleon offers an overdue portrait of one of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century. Napoleon tried to conquer the world; Massoud by contrast fought the world-scale Soviet empire to a stand still on behalf of his people from a tiny valley in Afghanistan. In this book we see, not just the daily nuts and bolts of his military genius but catch glimpses of the social graces and the warmth that made this man so beloved among his followers. -- Tamim Ansary, author of The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection ; The unputdownable story of an authentic Afghan hero by one of the greatest chroniclers of modern Afghanistan's travails, and occasional triumphs. -- Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, former British Ambassador to Afghanistan, and British Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan; I can think of no one better than the legendary foreign correspondent Sandy Gall to tell the compelling story of Ahmad Shah Massoud's extraordinary life and death. . . . Gall weaves analysis, first-hand reporting and primary sources into a brilliant and important book. -- Jeremy Bowen ; Ahmad Shah Massoud was one of the greatest military commanders of the 20th century and was instrumental in forcing the Soviets to retreat from Afghanistan in 1989. Yet, he is now barely known in the West. That will surely change as a result of Gall's authoritative, beautifully written and deeply reported biography of Massoud. -- Peter Bergen, author of The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden; This is a remarkable book, both a coruscating memoir by Gall and a revealing insight into a guerrilla leader-one whose reputation ranks with the icons of revolutionary insurgency and whose thinking is here revealed in his own words. -- Hew Strachan; 'A remarkable and emotionally affecting portrait of one of the most successful and brilliant soldiers of the modern world and a magnificent statesman. Sandy Gall is himself a major figure of late-twentieth-century journalism, and his book is the best and most insightful I have read on modern Afghanistan.' John Simpson; 'extraordinary story' -The Telegraph.

Über Sandy Gall

Sandy Gall is a British journalist, author, and former ITN newscaster. His journalism career started nearly seventy years ago on the Aberdeen Press and Journal, before he joined Reuters and then ITN, covering wars and revolutions. He has written four books about Afghanistan and made three documentaries about the Soviet occupation, two of which were nominated for BAFTA awards.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Introduction ix Rory Stewart Author's Note xvi Translator's Note xix Prologue 1 1. The British 'Find' Massoud 3 2. Were We Nearly Shot?: Meeting Massoud 9 3. The Boy Who Loved Playing Soldiers 19 4. The Coup that Failed: Exile in Pakistan 26 5. Bombed by the Russians in the Panjsher 34 6. The Russians Propose a Ceasefire 51 7. Massoud Deals with the Russians 61 8. Marriage and War 85 9. Defeat and Failure: 'Am I Afraid of Death?' 90 10. The Russian Perspective 112 11. A Winter Offensive 117 12. Massoud Takes Farkhar 138 13. Expanding into the North 149 14. The Russians Prepare to Withdraw 162 15. Massoud Captures Kabul 179 16. Under Siege: Massoud in Kabul 189 17. Tea and Rockets with the Taliban 211 18. Mortal Enemies 225 19. Massoud Retreats from Kabul 228 20. A Low Ebb 234 21. 'My Father was Incorruptible' 261 22. Massoud Visits Europe 269 23. How They Killed Massoud 274 24. The Eve of Assassination 290 25. A Final Encounter 299 Epilogue 309 Acknowledgements 315 Select Bibliography 317 Notes 319 Index 341

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GOR011671189
9781913368227
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Afghan Napoleon - The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud Sandy Gall
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