This is a record of a dangerous journey in disguise from the Pakistan border across Soviet-occupied Afghanistan to the city of Herat. One of the Holy shrines of Islam, Herat was renowned for the beauty of its mosques and mausolea, yet according to rumour, many of them had been destroyed in the eight years of fighting since the anti-Communist rising of 1979. Determined to see for himself, the author was escorted by Mujahedin. Travelling by foot, on horseback and in the back of lorries, he crept through enemy lines, was ...
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This is a record of a dangerous journey in disguise from the Pakistan border across Soviet-occupied Afghanistan to the city of Herat. One of the Holy shrines of Islam, Herat was renowned for the beauty of its mosques and mausolea, yet according to rumour, many of them had been destroyed in the eight years of fighting since the anti-Communist rising of 1979. Determined to see for himself, the author was escorted by Mujahedin. Travelling by foot, on horseback and in the back of lorries, he crept through enemy lines, was attacked by Soviet gun-ships and witnessed Communist onslaughts on an Afghan village. A contributor to the "Spectator" and the "Observer" Sikorski is the London-based foreign correspondant of the "US National Review".
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 273pp, col ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Some minor foxing to endpapers and preliminaries. Jacket slightly faded on spine with foxing to reverse. Account of a journey from Pakistan across Soviet occupied Afghanistan to Herat in the summer of 1987-the height of the war with the Russian occupation forces. Disguised as an Afghan and accompanied by a mujahedin, travelling by foot, on horseback and in the back of lorries he crept through enemy line, was attacked by Soviet gunships, and witnessed communist onslaughts of Afghan villages. Evocative of the country and the people.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. 274 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is that the first page has been priced clipped.
