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hannibal posted:I don't think it's this one, but when I was in OTS (9 yrs ago) I read a really interesting book from a journalist's perspective about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan where the guy was traveling around, talking to Afghan fighters, etc. I tried looking for it once before but nothing seemed to match up with what I remembered about the book. I'm also interested in what this book might be. It sounds like Edward Girardet but I've only read his 2011 work Killing the Cranes which you could not have read nine years ago. Perhaps it was one of his earlier books though. He's got some pretty out-there stories, for example he claims to have spoken with the Arab journalists/suicide bombers the day before they assassinated Massoud. Also claims to have confronted Hekmatyar in the 80s when he found out Hekmatyar wanted him dead, then Massoud had his men shadow Girardet for weeks to protect him from Hekmatyar's goons. izorpo fucked around with this message at 11:39 on May 20, 2013 |
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