This harrowing account from the front lines of the Afghan civil war is a work of combat reportage that will be read as literature when the news accounts of these events have faded into memory. Sometimes lyrical, sometimes harrowing, sometimes absurdly comic, "Night Letters" gives an idelible human face to a conflict that few Americans have followed or understood! The author fell in love with Afghanistan in the 1970s, when it was a wild, unspoiled country that had barely changed in the past 500 years. When this ancient land suddenly plunged into civil war between a Soviet-backed Communist government and implacable Muslim rebels, he found himself drawn to telling its heartbreaking story. Through the 1980s, he reported on the war from the front lines, risking his life time after time as he penetrated into the mountains of Afghanistan with the Mjahedin insurgents. his book, a work on non-fiction, is timely today as ever and gives insight to this land.

As the author says - on the book jacket - "This is a cautionary tale for superpowers, a stark reminder of the barbarity of war, and most of all, a striking tale of the resilient human spirit!". Condition of book: As new, book jacket has price clipped, and shows wear around edges.

 Orion Books 0517588617 / 9780517588611
Hardcover As New Condition Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A. out of Print 

Price: 16.56 USD